Last month, my life was flipped upside down when my husband and I separated. I won’t get into the details of what happened, but will say that it came as quite a shock and he moved out just days before Christmas. We’ve decided to try our best to be amicable and have agreed to coparent our six-year-old daughter because, while we may have split up, our family has not. So… View Post
Am I the only that feels like Christmas has creeped on me? November is jam-packed with birthdays and then suddenly, it is December 1 and everyone is posting Elf on the Shelf photos and pictures of their newly decorated trees. I, for one, am feeling a bit behind in the pre-holiday prep – so, tonight, I will be making my list and checking it twice – and hunting down… View Post
UK shoppers are planning to spend an average of £224 each in this year’s Black Friday sales, according to research by PwC. Black Friday officially kicks off on Friday, but many of us will splash our cash in the November sales bonanza which seems to last for weeks. The thing is, that this marketing phenomenon is often a case of something being “too good to be true”. According… View Post
“Remember, remember, John Lewis in November.” This is my new favourite saying thanks to this month kicking off with with two big birthdays (mine and my husband’s!) and finished off with a bombardment of Black Friday deals. It seems that every year, we buy each other birthday pressies, only to find them so much cheaper just two weeks later in the sales. But, lucky for me, it seems that… View Post
This post may contain affiliate links. This means that sometimes if you click through to a website and register or purchase something, I may get a commission from that sale at no extra cost to you. Click here to learn more — It’s November! Not only does that mean that Christmas is around the corner, but it is also the month of my birthday – oh, and my husband’s too.… View Post
Today is Equal Pay Day – but don’t get too excited, it’s nothing to celebrate. Thanks to the gender pay gap, women still earn almost a fifth – 17.3 per cent to be precise – less than men. In other words, from today (November 14), up until the end of the year, us women are effectively working for free when compared like-for-like to men’s salaries. It’s enough to make my… View Post