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My newest obsession

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So last year for Christmas I got a Filofax as a gift, I did ask for it as I wanted to become the ultimate of organised. And a year on I must say it lived in my work bag which only goes out on a Monday and Tuesday – and sad to say I used it sparingly, favouring the calendar on the back of the kitchen door.

But I want to want to use it, I want it to be a essential item that I can’t live without – my personal bible if you will! So I started to search Pinterest and YouTube and oh dear there’s an amazing addictive Filofax world out there!!!

There’s accessories, designs, dividers, systems – too many to write down! I’m starting out small with not too many dividers and plans to have day, week and monthly planners! Not sure I need to record everything in 3 places but I feel the need to and other people do!!

I love to write lists and now I can store them in one place and in a pretty way – I’ve always loved stickers and nice papers but never had reason to use…until now!

I have started to use it as my go to, it comes up to bed with me in case I think of something in bed and then I take it down in the morning and keep it open in the kitchen and if I go out it comes with me. Apparently it’s very 70’s to have a Filofax but I wasn’t here then so I’m doing it now!

When I’ve finished sorted my ‘system’ I’ll come back and show you.

Wow a whole post on a Filofax! This is in not sponsored but would welcome it, hint hint!

Oh and because my days aren’t that interesting rather than writing a journal each day/week, I’m doing this each week

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Do you save for Christmas?

I know we don’t, we just wing it until near Christmas! Thankfully this year we managed to work hard to get a bit of spare cash and then bought all the kids Birthday & Christmas presents in one go! Yes, I have 2 children both with birthdays within a month before Christmas – seriously bad timing I know.

Although I still need to buy a few bits for family and friends but usually that is mostly handmade items, although I still need to buy supplies for those makes!

Every year the latest toys seem to get more and more expensive and I’m starting to worry if I’ll get to a point when the kids are older that we can’t afford to buy them what they want. Not to say I want spoilt children, but in the same way I’d hate not to be able to get them a gift that they so desire.

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So it’s started to make me think that I should start saving and use an ISA to boost my savings, it really is scary that we have no emergency fund. If I’m honest I’ve heard people talk about ISA’s but I’ve never really quite understood how they work. So a quick google and a read on Wikipedia and I’ve got the concept!

Each year I am becoming more and more organised and will hopefully have put aside extra money for other gifts and the extra food and booze that Christmas and New Year brings! This year I am shopping at Morrisons to save up the coupons to get £40 off my Christmas shop.

Also I still haven’t quite got round to setting up the kids with a proper savings accounts. They have the one I set up with the government scheme vouchers but I’m yet to open them there own little savings account.

I really would like to teach them the value of money and can still remember now going along to Halifax and getting my little house money box when I was young!

I wonder what they do for little savers now, Think I’ll add that to the New Years Resolution list…


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