Hi everyone, I'm typing this whilst looking out my sitting room window to a horrible, gloomy, wet day...Autumn has officially arrived!
So this post is all about supermarkets; the new 5p carrier bag charge, 'bargain' supermarkets, and the Christmas stock.
All over the news and social media over the last few days has been the new change across the UK - shops are now charging 5p for a carrier bag. Some people are acting like this is the biggest thing to ever happen...I see it as nothing special! Scotland already do this and it seems to work well for them, so why shouldn't it work well for us?
I have a collection of 'good' carrier bags under my desk - feels like I've been saving them up just for this reason! The only problem is to remember them before I go shopping otherwise I will be spending 5p per carrier bag!
ASDA offers bags for life for 6p a bag. I'd rather pay for one of these than a 5p carrier bag! In my house, we have loads of bags for life which we use every week when we go shopping, and if they rip/the handles break, the shop replaces it for free - therefore you only pay for the bag once!
'Bargain' supermarkets like Aldi and Lidl charge for carrier bags, and people automatically pay for them without thinking, so I don't really understand some people creating drama around the new law...what difference is 5p going to make? You need a bag, so just buy one and stop complaining about it.
When it gets to nearer Christmas and I go Christmas shopping, I usually take a big shopping bag with me from Sports Direct - I got it a couple of years ago when I was buying some presents and it was only £1...and it's huge and does the trick! Bags like that are ideal if you have a lot of shopping to do; heavyweight bags with good handles are the future!
Most shops that I go into use 'good' carrier bags. You know the kind I mean. They're not just a bit of thin plastic shaped into a bag. They're a stronger material with good handles, they're strong and come in a variety of sizes so you don't get lumped with a massive carrier bag when you've only bought a skirt - some shops have obviously cottoned on to their past mistakes and are rectifying them!
So as we all know, Christmas is coming! I love Christmas; shopping, writing cards, wrapping presents, ah it's just so good!
One of the things I like a lot about Christmas is supermarkets. Not the people as there always seems to be a million of them in the shops around Christmas time! But the Christmas stuff they sell; the biscuits, chocolates, stocking fillers...the list can go on!
Big supermarkets like ASDA sell the big branded chocolates like Lindt and Thorntons, but I sometimes prefer to go to Aldi or Lidl for stocking filler chocolates. They sell such a good variety of them at such a good price, and they taste good...so really, you can't be robbed!
I challenge you all. If you've never been to an Aldi or a Lidl, get yourself there and see what I'm talking about! I bet you'll like it and love the variety of stuff they have on offer!
Until the next time :) xx
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Friday, 2 October 2015
Boys' Brigade
Hello everyone!
So as many of you know, I'm a Lieutenant in my local Boys' Brigade Company. I help out in the Junior Section which is for boys aged 8-11.
One of the things we don't seem to be doing enough of in our section is craft. We do nearer Christmas, but some of it's repetitive stuff that we've done before, so my aim for this session is to change that and do a lot more craft and different Christmas stuff!
Pintrest is my second love! You can search for literally anything and ideas and pins will appear on your screen. I've got so many boards on Pintrest for a variety of things, but I started a BB Craft board to try and collect some ideas - most of them are Christmas ideas, but we're getting closer so it's best to be prepared right?!
We have a structured company programme made by our Captain but we have the freedom and flexibility to choose to interpret our group work however we choose - hence why I want to try and bring in more craft and more physical activities, as opposed to just sitting around a table filling in a sheet or colouring in a picture.
The boys have to work through out programme over the course of the session to gain their Bronze, Silver and Gold badges - depending on what age they are - and this year I've decided to start keeping track of what badge work my class have been doing - I'm an organaisation freak at times!
We're hoping this session to have a themed night once a month around a variety of things. In the past we've done things like Pirates, Football and more recently we held a Rugby World Cup themed night to mark the start of the #RWC. Everyone seems to have a good time at these nights - we still have a programme but make it fun and play more games, and we often have food so that's probably a big reason why the boys like it so much!
I can't wait for Christmas to kick in properly, especially at BB because it gives us an excuse to talk about Christmas, and the Christmas story and to make some awesome Christmas crafts! Sometimes I think I enjoy it more than the kids but I don't care, I love Christmas!
One thing we've done in the past is make various crafts over the course of a few weeks, keep them in a Christmas gift bag and hand them out to the boys on the last BB night before Christmas with a card and selection box - sort of a Christmas present from us to them - it's worked well before and I hope to do that again this year - they're always proud of what they've made, and I know that their parents love seeing the variety of things created; crackers, cards, baubles, biscuits, the list is endless and I hope to be able to give the boys some really creative things to do, and pretty things to go on their trees and in their homes, just in time for Christmas!
I'll have to do a Christmas blog showing you all the amazing things we've made surrounding the joyful season that is Christmas! If anyone has any ideas of anything crafty or creative we could do, or any fellow BB members, if you do anything creative linked to the Juniors programme, leave a comment and let me know - always looking for new ideas!
Until the next time :) xx
So as many of you know, I'm a Lieutenant in my local Boys' Brigade Company. I help out in the Junior Section which is for boys aged 8-11.
One of the things we don't seem to be doing enough of in our section is craft. We do nearer Christmas, but some of it's repetitive stuff that we've done before, so my aim for this session is to change that and do a lot more craft and different Christmas stuff!
Pintrest is my second love! You can search for literally anything and ideas and pins will appear on your screen. I've got so many boards on Pintrest for a variety of things, but I started a BB Craft board to try and collect some ideas - most of them are Christmas ideas, but we're getting closer so it's best to be prepared right?!
We have a structured company programme made by our Captain but we have the freedom and flexibility to choose to interpret our group work however we choose - hence why I want to try and bring in more craft and more physical activities, as opposed to just sitting around a table filling in a sheet or colouring in a picture.
The boys have to work through out programme over the course of the session to gain their Bronze, Silver and Gold badges - depending on what age they are - and this year I've decided to start keeping track of what badge work my class have been doing - I'm an organaisation freak at times!
We're hoping this session to have a themed night once a month around a variety of things. In the past we've done things like Pirates, Football and more recently we held a Rugby World Cup themed night to mark the start of the #RWC. Everyone seems to have a good time at these nights - we still have a programme but make it fun and play more games, and we often have food so that's probably a big reason why the boys like it so much!
I can't wait for Christmas to kick in properly, especially at BB because it gives us an excuse to talk about Christmas, and the Christmas story and to make some awesome Christmas crafts! Sometimes I think I enjoy it more than the kids but I don't care, I love Christmas!
One thing we've done in the past is make various crafts over the course of a few weeks, keep them in a Christmas gift bag and hand them out to the boys on the last BB night before Christmas with a card and selection box - sort of a Christmas present from us to them - it's worked well before and I hope to do that again this year - they're always proud of what they've made, and I know that their parents love seeing the variety of things created; crackers, cards, baubles, biscuits, the list is endless and I hope to be able to give the boys some really creative things to do, and pretty things to go on their trees and in their homes, just in time for Christmas!
I'll have to do a Christmas blog showing you all the amazing things we've made surrounding the joyful season that is Christmas! If anyone has any ideas of anything crafty or creative we could do, or any fellow BB members, if you do anything creative linked to the Juniors programme, leave a comment and let me know - always looking for new ideas!
Until the next time :) xx
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