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Five Top Tips For Buying Second hand #secondhandseptember
So as it’s the 1st September, and the start of Oxfam’s #secondhandseptember, I thought I would share with you all my top tips when it comes to buying second hand! 1 - Know what you want Jumble sales/car boots/charity shops can all be a bit overwhelming when you are new to second hand shopping. If you know you need a winter coat or a green jumper then it makes it much easier. Just head to that section and look. Nothing there? Then move on! 2 - Give it time There isn’t as much ‘instant gratification’ with second hand...
Mother Nature Vs Mr Muscle... Who Really Is The Cleaning Champion?!
Cleaning - love it or hate it, it is something all adults seem to have to do at some point. I'm not really in either camp. I don't look forward to doing it, I dislike the time it takes in my life buuuuuut I do enjoy the feeling of having a clean room (cos ain't nobody here got time to clean a whole house in one go!) Cleaning is big business, think of how many shelves/aisles are dedicated to it in supermarkets and shops. Mrs Hinch published a whole book on it! (Not coming here to bash her either... I...
10 Easy Swaps to Make Your Kitchen More Planet Friendly
When we started on our journey to living a 'low waste' lifestyle, and lessen the footprint we leave, we started out by looking at each room in our house. We found just trying to change everything a bit overwhelming, so by picking a room at a time we could see what small changes we could make. We started with the kitchen. This is where our bin is, and where we create the most waste, so it seemed the logical place for us to start :) We didn't do these all in one go. Just slowly over time. We made a...
Surviving a Festival with Small People
So recently we shut the shop for a week, whilst we relocated to Worthy Farm. Being Somerset residents we have done A LOT of Glastonbury Festivals. I first went aged 11, and have been every year I can since then. When I posted on social media to warn people the shop would be shut I had several messages - ranging from shock, horror and disbelief that I was even considering taking my children to a festival! I also had several messages from people asking HOW I did it! My stock answer when anyone asks is "Cider", but actually there are...
15 Small Steps to Being More Sustainable