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I just sat down to write a list of things to do and it's a bit long and overwhelming so I decided to write a blog post instead! My list has things like, 'curtains - book consultation', 'sort out nanny contract', 'buy moisturiser', 'kids Christmas presents'. Lots of buying things, you see - and it's not stuff we NEED, although you could argue you need curtains for insulation. Anyway. I'm thinking about Christmas presents for the kids. This year though I spied something GOOD on this topic and easy to follow and have decided to subscribe to it: Get the four following items and stick to it (this list copied from Frugal Rules): 1. Something they want 2. Something they need 3. Something to wear 4. Something to read They already have so much stuff. They get stuff all the time, not just from us but from others in our family. So I like this principle very much. The next challenge is that the something my six-year-old daughters want is a remote controlled fairy. Can you get such a thing? (it turns out you can, I just googled, pricey). My son would like a remote controlled truck. Saskia, my one year old, can't talk so that helps. Another thing I'm about to do is to cancel our vegie part of our Fruit & Vegie box which is delivered each week. We are going to live off the vegies we have already got in the garden! The carrots are not good and growth was stunted somehow, but there are some potatoes, lots of spinach, cauliflower, lettuce, kale, beetroot, beans and there will eventually be tomatoes. This makes me feel good too and sort of fits in with our Keep It Simple philosophy to cope with having four children under 7. Next stop (maybe, if we are brave enough), CHICKENS! Watch this space. Anna x  This was almost two Christmases ago. My husband broke his hip and collarbone falling from his bike a week before Christmas day. A good reminder to me going into the silly season what really matters - family.
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