• The Cost of Moving House: A Handy Calculator!

    June 2, 2016

    My husband and I have moved house more times than we care to mention. When we first moved in together, we rented a small two bedroom flat that was on the second floor of a block of flats. It served it’s purpose well, but I did miss having a garden. We had a balcony, but…

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  • The stress and cost of buying a school uniform

    August 26, 2015

    Our twin girls start nursery in a few weeks. It’s only two and a half hours a day to begin with, but they still need a school uniform. We purchased their polo shirts, jumpers and cardigans from the school directly and decided to buy the girls two polo shirts each, two jumpers each and one…

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  • The Cost of Nursery School

    July 21, 2015

    Our twins, R and M, are three years old. Starting in September they will be going to nursery school. It’s only two and a half hours a day, but it will strange not to have them home with me all the time. We received a letter a little while ago from the nursery school that…

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  • Is it possible to feed two year old twins on £60 a week?

    September 14, 2014

    I remember the days well before we had children. In particular I remember just how far money used go. Our weekly food shop would come in at £60 a week for the two of us, sometimes less! Since having children that amount has increased substantially! When you factor in nappies, dummies and all the numerous…

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