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By Little Mummy, December 11, 2009 1:29 am

I’m so sorry, I just couldn’t help doing a really cheesy title.

You may not have noticed but christmas is coming. oh right you did notice, oh well… Us web savvy mums know the benefits of shopping online so I know I don’t need to sell that to you so I’ll just let you know about a new online department store – Very (now you get my dodgy headline)

Very sells everything you’d expect from its more well known rivals, including toys. We’re all buying toys at this time of year.

Very are offering littlemummy readers a £10 money off voucher, you can claim your voucher when you open a credit account and spend £20 or more. Just enter the code ZG252 at check out.

My picks from Very;

For Erin – The Baby Annabell Doll that babbles and gurgles, no doubt she’ll end up being renamed ‘The Baby Jesus’, every soft toy and doll at chez littlemummy is ‘The Baby Jesus’. Erin was even carrying ‘The Baby Jesus’ last week, miracles don’t just happen in Bethlehem people.

For The Husband – A pair of these uber cool Nike 90′s because if I have to be forced to look at another pair this week I may have to do The Look, if you don’t know about The Look see Tara @Sticky Fingers or Laura @Are We Nearly There Yet Mummy

For Me Me Me – This Samsung MP4 player and if Father Christmas has the space perhaps he could pop in a pair of those old-fahioned headphones, you know, the ones that look like ear muffs.

So there’s my top picks, enjoy your free tenner.

This has been a sponsored post. What? I’m a poor student nowadays gimme a break

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By Little Mummy, June 27, 2009 4:49 am

Wednesday

We went to Downtown Disney where Erin went snap happy with her disposable camera, I’m sure they’ll be worth developing, not! Erin also relieved herself of some pocket money with a Little Mermaid jewellery box and a Goofy case jammed with sweets.

We stopped for some brunch at Earl of Sandwich, I revisted memories from six weeks ago and had the exremely large chicken caesar salad, while Alex had the daily special, a bbq beef sandwich toasted with cheese which he said was the best sandwich he’d ever had, but he says that about most foodstuffs here, so I’m not sure how much that can be believed, it did look tasty though.

After we’d seen all we wanted to see we decided to try and navigate our way to the Florida Mall, turns out it’s not far and very easy to find. New trainers for all, some bargain clothing and a few belated birthday presents and we’d managed to relieve ourselves of $400, not bad for a couple hours work. We stopped by TGI’s for sustinence and Dunkin’ Donuts for more sustinence, and then fell asleep

Thursday

Finally time to visit Magic Kingdom! We went on the teacups and then into Mickey’s Philharmagic Show, my favourite attraction in Magic Kingdom. We visited Minnie and Mickey’s house, and Erin tried her hand at sewing.

We braved Tony’s Town Square for lunch, the last time I was there with the Disney 7 we had a few issues with cold food, no cold food this time although it’s still not really my taste but if you like BIG food you should go for it. The pistachio creme brullee was the best desert I’ve had for a very long time

After lunch we did the country bear jamboree and it’s a small world and then it was back to the hotel for a swim.

That night we headed out for chinese, there was a tv in the restaurant with the breaking news that Michael Jackson had died, very odd, I’m no great Micheal Jackson fan but it did feel like a ‘where were you’ moment, and therefore a bit strange to be in a random chinese joint in Florida.

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By Little Mummy, May 4, 2008 10:04 am

There’s been a lot of coverage recently about an impending recession, the american mortgage crisis, and the rising price of food and fuel. Is there anyone who hasn’t given at least a quick thought to their monthly budget and looked for where they could trim some fat? I have, and I’ve also been wondering how I’m doing with my food budget compared to everyone else. This isn’t an opportunity for one upmanship, I’m actually more interested in finding those who are spending less, and how?

Please answer the following questions either on your own blog (and link here, so I can find you) or in the comments.

Here are the questions and my answers.

1.) Predominantly, where do you shop? Tesco

2.) How often do you shop? Weekly

3.) How much (on average) do you spend? £60(this includes household products and nappies)

4.) How many people are you buying for? 2 adults, one infant

5.) Do you do any of the following – meal plan, make a list, have a budget? Yes to all

6.) If at all, how have you tried to lower your spending on food and household items? I started meal planning and buying online to keep my costs down, recently though I have had to increase my budget from £50 to £60 as I was really feeling the squeeze.

Thanks for taking part.