There is something so magical about Halloween for a small child; the fancy dress, the trick or treating and of course all the delicious foods! My little ones are too young to be knocking on doors but we are still joining in with fancy dress and tasty snacks. We have made some little pumpkin cakes this week and they have gone down a treat with the toddler!

Everyone’s skint right? Perhaps not everyone- in-the-whole-country, but certainly every one of my friends. Our family are on one income these days, while I flex my creative muscles and establish my own business, so anywhere we can save money, we do. We’ve gone through all the usual stuff from switching supermarkets and cancelling our TV contract (we saved £40 a month) to switching insurers and cannibalising the kids savings accounts (needs-must, no guilt)! My kids […]