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Not A Frumpy Mum December 3, 2018

Ways to be More Environmentally Friendly at Christmas

Christmas is prime time for capitalism and excess spending. People rush to the shops during the festive period to buy for those they love and care for, and, for themselves. Most shops are truly obliterated during this period, straining to meet the demand of millions of people and their mad dashes to their businesses. Of course, with this demand comes a heavy toll; mainly the leftovers of wasted food, plastic packaging and discarded glass bottles from wines and other alcohol. It can be easy to shrug this all of with a ‘it doesn’t matter, it’s Christmas’, but problems don’t get…

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Not A Frumpy Mum November 29, 2018

Practical Changes You Can Make to Your Family Home

Running a household is rarely an easy task and it’s one that many other halves (and particularly the kids) seem to always take for granted. With so many spinning plates to take care of, it can be easy to settle into an exhausting pattern of “just getting on with it.” However, there are many practical home changes you could be making to your household that could be saving you hours of hassle and potentially hundreds in bills. Save on Energy It can be surprisingly easy to lose track of how much energy you’re using, particularly during the winter months when…

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Not A Frumpy Mum November 20, 2018

Creative Ways To Save Money On Gifts This Christmas

Photo Credit Now that Halloween is over and we’re more than midway through November, it’s finally time to admit that Christmas is just around the corner. As fun and magical as the holiday season is, it can also be incredibly stressful, especially when you’re on a tight budget. The food, decorations, and days out can all cost you an arm and a leg, but the biggest expense by far is almost always the gifts. If you want to keep costs low and avoid a financial hangover this New Year, here are seven creative ways you can save money on gifts…

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Not A Frumpy Mum November 13, 2018

Decorating Your Child’s Room Right

Photo Credit Deciding how to decorate a child’s bedroom is not always easy. They change their minds from one month to the next, especially when they are young and fall in an out of love with TV and film characters. Unless you want to be redecorating every year you need to make sure that what you do is flexible for minor changes, and durable to withstand the children. They tend to use their bedrooms for a playroom, to watch TV, entertain friends and then to sleep. It needs to be able to accommodate all of these things, as well as…

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Not A Frumpy Mum October 1, 2018

Forging Your Own Successful Career In Fitness

If you want to forge your own successful career in fitness, then there are a few things you need to make sure you do. If you’re passionate enough about fitness, then you should be able to use the following tips to get your career started. Whatever you want to do and whoever you’re looking to work with, the tips below can help you! Take a look and see what you can do: Pick Your Niche Start off by picking your niche. A niche will bring you a more targeted audience if you have a blog, YouTube channel, or use a…

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