Showing posts with label school. Show all posts
Showing posts with label school. Show all posts
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Back to School Ready for less than £50 with PEP&CO at Poundland
Being a family on a budget, we're a huge fan of discount retailers. We're always on the look out for great deals wherever we can get them, so when PEP&CO and Poundland challenged us to get back to school ready for less than £50 we jumped at the chance.
We headed to their Liverpool Store and we were pleasantly surprised with what we found. Two packs of polo shirts from only £2! In to the basket!
Top of the list though, was a new school coat. We've been searching for a while and the prices were all upwards of £25 so when I saw this gorgeous black faux fur hooded coat for just £12, it went straight in the basket!
Next up the all important skirt and pinafore. Again - a bargain at just £3 for the skirt and £4.50 for the pinafore.
Next up the all important skirt and pinafore. Again - a bargain at just £3 for the skirt and £4.50 for the pinafore.
There was plenty of styles to choose from...
Little E was really impressed with the shoes, and so was I at just £8!!
We picked up loads of accessories too, a 2 pack of vests (£2.50), a 5 pack of grey knee socks (£3.50), 2x 2 pack black tights (£4 each) and a 5 pack white ankle socks (£3.50) for that awkward transitional period when they first go back.
We came in well under the budget so we bought lots of stationary to fill her school back with the rest! Little E loves her back to school uniform! She cant wait to show it off to her friends!
Disclosure: We received a £50 voucher to enable us to complete this challenge.
Sunday, 24 March 2013
How to Make a Very Easy Easter Bonnet
Here's what you will need to make yours...
To make the hat
2 pieces of card - we used blue and yellow
scissors
pencil
double sided tape (or glue)
To decorate
craft wool
easter chicks
eggs
First take the card and draw an oval around the same size as your child's head. I used a kitchen bowl to get an idea of size. Then mark the outer edge to give around 5cm thickness for your hat base.
Then cut out the hat base carefully. Remember you can always cut more out but it's harder to make it smaller again! Once you've cut it out try it on...
Next, cut strips of card to make the top of your bonnet. Bend the bottom of the strip upwards and add double sided tape to secure the strips to the underside of your hat.
Keep adding strips across the hat base to form a dome.
Keep building the strips until you have a full bonnet.
Now you're ready to add your decoration. All of the decorations were stuck on with double sided tape.
We used craft wool to make grass...
Gradually we add the eggs and chicks...
All around the bonnet...
And there you have it...
an Easter Bonnet in only 15 minutes!
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Mister A : First Day At School
We had wanted to walk but the weather denied us the short stroll and so we drove, all of us together, our family. I took him in via the wrong entrance - obviously - and he got settled in straight away.
Anxious parents gathered in the classroom - each one not wanting to leave first but not wanting to hang around long enough to look too clingy. I stood awkwardly, it was my first day too!
I watched him for 7 minutes. These 7 minutes lasted longer than any other 7 minutes of my life. A little bit of my heart broke seeing him run off and start playing without even a second thought for the enormity of the day.
A part of me wanted him to say "Don't go Mummy" but I knew that he was loving the 'new school experience' and I know in my heart that I'd much prefer him to be nonchalant than cling to my leg and beg me to stay.
I kept calling him over, "Mummy's going now" "Ok, Bye" he replied not even looking at me.
"Mister A, come here, I'm going, have a nice day" "Ok Mummy, Bye" he kissed me on the cheek and wandered off.
I called him again, "Bye, Mister A, can I have a kiss?" He returned to me and kissed me, I pulled him close, hugged him tight and then let him go - I could sesnse I was beginning to p*ss him off with my constant calling across the classroom! That's when it hit me. That is when I realised that it was me that wanted to cling to his leg and ask him not to go.
I am sad, I am happy, I am proud.... I am a Mummy.
Sunday, 4 September 2011
Help me - please?
My little boy starts school tomorrow - God - I got a shiver right down my back as I typed that.
I don't understand how this has happened, i know it's a cliche but it only seems like yesterday that I was pregnant and shopping for little baby boy clothes. My little tiny 6lb 9oz baby is now 4 and a half years old and an independent little man. This has hit me like a tonne of bricks - no one tells you about that in the baby books!
As I type, my other half has appeared with a glass of rose, he knows I don't drink on a school night. Gah! I say that when I'm in work not because it's usually an ACTUAL school night. I've accepted the wine, I must drink it to calm me - if he's such a big boy now, does this mean I'm old?
How does this school malarkey work anyway? He has his uniform (and he looks soooo old in it) but do I need to dress in a certain way? Why can't mums have uniforms too? Then there's no judging to be done. Do I need to mingle with the other mums? Arrgggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! Someone tell me the rules!
Help me!!
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