We don’t have masses of decorations around our house at Christmas, mostly because the OH is a bit of a Bah humbug about Christmas. But also because it’s a lot of time and effort when it all comes down after…
A slightly different post today. While I rarely have a strict budget for Christmas, I like to have a broad idea of what I’m spending on gifts. Having been brought up by a mum who counted every penny and was…
As you get older you can get jaded with buying Christmas presents (or birthday ones). But I’d say I’m much better at buying gifts than receving them. I’m not a good present recipient – as a child everyone knew from…
I’ve been planning to make some circle garlands for a while. The ones I’d been looking at were felt circles sewn together, but I could see myself screwing up my sewing machine with the threads inbetween the circles. You can…
Christmas is a big thing for so many people. But for some it also feels like a lot of pressure. For us, we’ve been able so far have the type of Christmas we’ve wanted. I don’t take much notice of…
There’s 2 types of people in this world. Bookworms and the rest. I’m definitely on the side of the bookworm. As a child, I’d come in from playing with friends, saying I was bored because I wanted to read. I’d…