Mums get organised in 2013

Benditlikeboris

Just found this thread and thought i would join in I'm so dis organised always forget family birthdays school trips exc ..... Need all the help and tips you can give :-)

loopy-loo73

Hi all

[STRIKE]meet friend for lunch[/STRIKE]
book back massage (got voucher as pressie)
clean washing machine
clean bathroom
sort dd2 book bag & snack money
menu plan & order shopping
make sure lunch stuff is ready for monday
deliver leaflets (favour for friend)

hmmm not very productive according to my list but i've chopped up the xmas tree (cos dh didn't :undecided) loaded it into the car & taken it to the tip
i've also cleaned, tidied & moved furniture round in the lounge - the exercise bike has been dragged back in as i'm hoping to organise my weight this year too!!!

not doing anything else today except cooking tea - ikea meatballs

have a good friday evening everyone
lou x

FrugalMummy

This is definately for me!

I have recently become a new mum so would love to see tips and advice on managing my finances and new mum tips ...

Christmas was a hard time for me financially (as it probably was many others) so trying to recover from it now!

taffy1969

Today's list:
Take down decs and tree - done
Hoover downstairs/wash floors - done
ironing - done
B&M for dd1 to buy zubber!
Shopping being delivered 4.40-5.40 put away - done
Sort fridge and freezer before shopping arrives - done
Minutes x 2 to type up and course work needs doing.
Banking for PTA needs sorting
Cupboard understairs needs sorting.

Picked up DD2 from friends after sleepover. DD1 and her friend finally got up about 2.30pm!!!! So decided she could wait til tomorrow for her Zubber!! She's off skating tonight so will be playing games with DD2 once she's gone for an hour then on with the cupboard under the stairs and some of the minutes.
Also, tea cooked, tidied up and filled dishwasher. Made some yummy soup this afternoon. Potato and leek with sprouts!!!! Was very nice.

karren

oh ive been slack so far but picked up my game today

planned the brownies activities until end feb, its going to be fun and messy lol

met friend for lunch as shes 40 so that was nice

took car load of clothes to recycling centre, yes ive hoarded naff clothes and stuff far too small

took 2 buckets of batteries to recycle

down came the decs and cleaned and hoovered through

washed all the fleeces and cushions

but ..... decs are in the dining room as HAVE to pull down the attic to clear it and lag and put down boards

but its a start in right direction

[Deleted User]

Everyone is doing really well - just wanted to ask about sending clothes to charity? What does everyone do with ripped jeans etc? My husband always wears jeans that are slightly too long so the back of the leg gets trodden on and starts to wear away. Part of me thinks it would be really wrong to donate these anywhere but then I struggle with the thought of them going to land fill but then part of me also thinks that if I donate to the right charity someone could be wearing them as shorts or 3/4 lengths. What do you do?

taffy1969

poohspals - do you have children? Do their schools do clothes collections? We do at ours. We use Bags2School and get 50p per tonne. They send bags to school which we send out to all families but when bags are collected by the company they also take black sacks too. They take clothes, shoes, belts, bags, bedding, towels and cuddly toys. We do this twice a year and on average get about £200-£250 each time. Well worth doing for very little effort. I keep black sacks of stuff in the loft until the next collection. HTH x

[Deleted User]

Yes, we do Bags2School - as head of PTA I always take stuff in - May & November - but would they accept clothes that weren't perfect?

Pinkphoenix

Hi everyone,

Can I join in please? I had a 6month old DD and am returning to work soon, so need all the tips I can get!

FrugalFinn

yellowbear wrote: »

Hi Ladies,

Will be back to introduce myself properly later but wanted to drop this off. Hope some of you will find it usuful.

Thanks for this! It looks like it'll be very effective without being overly onerous. So, my job for tomorrow is to sort out all the decorations and wrapping stuff which got shoved in the cupboard under the stairs after Xmas. Might even make some tags for next year!
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