Tag: Christmas

Littlewoods Seasonal Spectacular

Amanda Cottingham | December 13, 2012 | 4 Comments

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

We were lucky enough to be invited to the Littlewoods Seasonal Spectacular, last weekend. There was mulled wine and hot chocolate, nibbles and a pick and mix shop, where no money was required, hurrah! Silly headgear, I think that was for the children but I couldn’t resist, and Father Christmas elves came to greet us at the door. We were swept away into a snow themed event, with even little surprises for the children in the snow, ready to be dug out. Continue Reading

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Christmas Meal Planning : Menu

Amanda Cottingham | December 5, 2012 | 4 Comments

Image thanks to Mrlerone

This is my meal plan for Christmas eve right up until boxing day night. I really feel this year, it would help if I sat and wrote everything down, all part of my Christmas planning. You can read all about how I remember to buy all the food and the presents, in a previous post about my Christmas diary.

Christmas Eve - Monday 24th December

Breakfast – American Style Pancakes with bacon or sweet toppings
Lunch – Sandwiches, crisps and fruit jellies for desert
Dinner – lasagna meat and vegetarian. This will be a good one, as there is always lots left over, so I can freeze for later in the week. Served with Garlic bread and salads. Desert will be lemon curd and jam tarts, or mince pies (It’s a tradition now that we eat these on Christmas Eve. A gentle reminder as wellm to leave one out for Father Christmas. Before bed we will have Hot Chocolate, and watch something like The Polar Express with popcorn. Continue Reading

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My Christmas Diary

Amanda Cottingham | December 5, 2012 | 4 Comments

At Christmas time, I am fairly organised, I have to be, or I would be a quivering wreak come Christmas eve. I have a A4 note-book, which I use every year, to make sure I don’t forget things. It’s not a complicated system, it just a few lists, but because they are all in the same place every year, it works really well. Continue Reading

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Flubit : Review

Amanda Cottingham | November 27, 2012 | 2 Comments

You’ve found the product you want online. Before you hit ‘buy’, tell flubit. They’ll create a better offer just for you. Before you buy it, flubit.

I was asked to review the site Flubit. I must admit that I hadn’t heard of it, but once I went on the site I was intrigued. Now I have used it, I am well and truly hooked.

As a parent, you work hard to try to make sure that your children have a magical and wonderful Christmas, full of love and traditions and laughter. Part of the traditions of Christmas are, of course the presents, for your family and friends. Lets face it, it’s an incredibly expensive time. When I am looking for gifts, I look at two main areas – quality and price. So it is with this in mind that I looked at flubit.

On entering the site, the first thing that struck me was how much graphic, and easy to use it is. I also love that you ‘DEMAND’ a better price, feels very empowering! The price comes back around 24 hours after you demand a better price. You are then given a time limit to use or reject that offer. You are sent email prompts so that you remember to do this, which is really handy.

I decided on three things to test, so I could show the savings that you can make:

First up was a new Christmas tree I had spotted. The best price I had found was £85, flubit came back with an offer saving me 8%.

The second was for my Dad, who has no sense of smell, but insist on smelling gorgeous! I found this on offer for £34.85. Flubit however came back with offer that saved me 12%.

Finally for Miss A, a Furreal Baby Butterscotch, which usually sells for £99, I found it, again on offer for £69.99. It was a challenge by this point, to try to beat flubit, and I couldn’t believe it when they bettered the price by 11%!

So if I purchased all three items, I would have saved a grand total of £18.01 thats really a great saving!

I had been given a budget of £50 so that I could fully test the site. So I decided to buy the Christmas tree, it was delivered promptly once I had paid for it using my paypal account. A very simple no fuss transaction.

So what’s the catch?

I honestly can’t find one. You are under no obligation to purchase from them, and they do not charge for the service. I think its one of those things that once you try it you just can’t stop.

Thank you for reading