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Haven Craig Tara review – what did we think?
Please find below my Haven Craig Tara review – hopefully it will help you make your mind up if you are considering going on holiday there. We, a family of four, travelled to the Haven Craig Tara resort in April 2018. The resort is located just south of the town of Ayr, on the west coast of Scotland. It’s around a 1 hour drive from Glasgow, 2 hours from Edinburgh. The resort consists of several hundred static caravans (plus some apartments) which surround a central entertainment/dining complex. There are also several play parks, an amusement park, a golf course, an indoor swimming pool and a sandy beach. The site overlooks…
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Is it worth signing up to Amazon Prime just to save money on nappies?
This post has been updated for March 2020 I will start by stating that I have been an Amazon Prime member for years. I couldn’t be without it. Being able to take advantage of next day delivery (and sometimes same day delivery) on countless items is invaluable to me, and I take advantage of it often (although much less often than I used to… I was a little bit too trigger-happy on the ‘1-click order’ button) . We also stream things on Prime Video most days too – I reckon I could navigate to the five seasons of Peppa Pig with my eyes closed. One of the things I buy…
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Meal planning – the foolproof, flexible way I meal plan
Why I do meal planning My main reasons for doing meal planning are as follows: I save money by no longer buying things on impulse and it also makes me consider stretching things over several meals, e.g. if I buy a large chicken I can make a roast dinner one day, a chicken stir fry the next, then make stock for a soup the third day It is good for the environment – there is little to no food getting thrown away as I have a plan in place for everything I buy Why other methods of meal planning don’t work for me The internet is full of blog posts…
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3 steps to paying the lowest price online for ANYTHING
I have a bit of a reputation among my friends as a bargain hunter, I refuse to pay full price for anything online. Let’s face it, everyone wants to save money shopping online – there is nothing more satisfying that getting a bargain. Now that I am a stay at home mum, I do as much of my shopping online as possible as opposed to going to actual shops… anyone who has a toddler on tow will understand why! Once I have identified the product I want to buy (clothes, electronics, toys… literally anything), here are the 3 steps I go through for every single transaction to make sure I am…