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With Christmas fast approaching I’ve been thinking about saving and have come up with these money saving tips ideal for families.
Our personal finances haven’t been great for a few years now. After both my husband and I were made redundant within 10 months of each other, our household income dropped drastically. I became a stay at home mum and my husband started an apprenticeship as an Electrician. Fingers crossed he will be finished by December and can start earning a little more.
When I tell people I’ve launched my own children’s clothing brand, so many of them reply with how they’d love to start their own business. I’m no expert but I always encourage someone to follow their dreams!
I’ve been a work from home mum for almost 2 years now and it’s just as hectic as it was when I was first made redundant! You’d think by now I’d have some sort of routine. But then I wasn’t expecting my second child to be as crazy as he is. All hands on deck with Bear.
I still feel strange calling my self a ‘work from home mum’ because I don’t have an office area where I sit and work. I don’t have a regular income and I don’t wear a uniform. My uniform is usually my pyjamas!
But I do work and I’m self-employed. So I need to stop being so modest and be proud of what I’m doing. Even if I can’t afford to buy myself any new clothes…
It’s rare that I get a night off from the kids, but when I do all I want to do is curl up on the sofa and catch up on trashy TV! You might think I’d say something like a night out with the girls, but a night off to me means I get to catch up on sleep, not wake up with a banging headache and an aversion to food.
The universe decided it would bless us with 2 beautiful boys. But 2 beautiful boys who aren’t that great at sleeping. Lamb is a night Owl and would stay up until 11pm every night if we let him. And even though Bear goes to bed at a decent time, he wakes up at 11pm and again 3-4 hours later. He’s never actually slept through the night.
As you can imagine, I’m pretty tired.
