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A safe mobile phone for your kids
2007-12-14 15:10:00
Omego have developed a fully functional mobile phone for children. Unlike regular cell-phones, the Omego phone can be completely controlled: when and who a child can call, who can call them (to ensure strangers or unwanted calls are not received), plus many more useful features. The design of the handset is also very useful for younger hands: it cannot easily be broken or damages (issues which concern many parents in offering their child a regular handset to stay in touch!). Also it includes educational games and a fully featured kiddie scheduler so the children will always be organized. You can purchase the Omego phone with either a 12 month contract (for £15 per month, the handset is free), or as a Pay as you Talk handset from Amazon.co.uk which currently costs £89.99 (plus delivery). For more information or to purchase an Omego phone, visit the Omeg0 website at www.omegomobile.com
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Organizers for busy mums
2007-12-13 14:47:00
With the new year fast approaching, I’ve been on the lookout for a new diary/organizer to help me keep track for the family. While most diaries and personal organizers are created to help women schedule for themselves, only a few seem to offer organization for a busy family. And any mum knows just how difficult it can be to keep track of all the family’s appointments! So here are three of my favorites, any one of which would be a welcome Christmas gift for a busy parent! (more…)
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Tunisian Travels: A Great Family Holiday
2007-12-11 22:14:00
Even in December, Tunis ia is a wonderfully warm and pleasant family holiday destination. After arriving home refreshed and calm from a week’s family holiday in this beautiful country, I can strongly recommend Tunisia as a perfect place for a family holiday, especially in this less busy, off-peak season! Over the past five years that Hubby Dearest and I have been together, we have visited Tunisia over a dozen times and even have our own house on the outskirts of Monastir: one of Tunisia’s most prominent touristic towns. At this time of year, the weather is pleasant, a little like British springtime, and the streets are not so crowded with tourists which offers a far more enjoyable experience than the heated hustle and bustle of the peak summer months! With our four children in tow, we enjoyed afternoons by the picturesque marina in Monastir, found some wonderful bargains in the Ribat (a market-style town surrounded by castle walls) and spend a wonderful day in Hammamet, a...
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Get a free Loreal Derma Genesis sample
2007-11-27 17:52:00
Beauty freebies? I love them! I have drawers full of samples and trial products simply because I want to know that a product is worth spending money on before buying it. Loreal are currently offering free samples of Derma Genes is : a new age defying treatment which claims to puff out tired skin and create a more youthful appearance. By registering with the Loreal site, you could also blag yourself a free sample to try in your own time. It’s free to register with Loreal in order to receive updates and future free samples as they become available. And I have to say that Loreal is one of the high street brands I have come to love and trust. Fair enough, their products are more expensive than Collection 2000 or Superdrug’s own branded cosmetics, but Loreal is always good quality, and the packaging can often be rather glam… So what are you waiting for? Sign up to get your own free sample and let me know what you think about it here! I do keep tabs on most of the freebie...
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What’s your peculiar aristocratic title?
2007-11-27 12:41:00
I came across this fabulous meme over at Ingenious Rose’s blog and just had to nab one for myself! You can generate one for yourself over at Masquerade Mask Arts. My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Honourable Lady Amanda the Convincing of Mellow under Trollness Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title So what’s your peculiar aristocratic title?

Beat trolley-dash tantrums with MySupermarket.co.uk
2007-11-26 17:47:00
Any service which makes life easier gets the thumbs up from me, so I was thrilled to discover MySupermarket.co.uk: “Our aim is to help shoppers get the best possible price for their supermarket trolley while enjoying an easier and more consumer-friendly shopping experience” You can say that again! I tried MySupermarket out yesterday and was more than pleased with this service. (more…)
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The Yummy Mummy’s Ultimate Family Survival Guide - Book Review
2007-11-24 16:03:00
Yummy Mummy ’s Ultimate Family Survival Guide is a practical and wholly truthful guide to parenting, dosed with a wry sense of humor and a realistic viewpoint only a true mother could achieve! Unlike many other “yummy mums” who’ve jumped on the hugely successful bandwagon of writing in this field, Liz Frazer offers us the truth about motherhood and freely admits this is based on her own perspective. So rather than be faced with prescriptive methods of parenting, we are offered advice on a “this is what works for me” basis. Which for me was a pleasant surprise! The organization of the book is rather surreal: chapters are labelelled as rooms of the house, such as the kitchen and master bedroom chapters. Then each chapter offers advice about the family associations of the room (relationship advice for the master bedroom, culinary tips for the kitchen, and so on). It’s quite fun to read the book in this way, and just in case you need to flick to ...
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Primark launch eco-friendly range
2007-11-23 18:15:00
Primark is perhaps most famous for it’s cheap clothing and accessory ranges. So it came as some surprise to me that this great clothing store now has a range of ethical, eco-friendly clothes on offer too! As always, these ranges offer great value for money: the white T-shirt (top left) is priced at only £4, as is this gorgeous boob tube. There’s even more available in store, including long-sleeved tops which are perfect for the cooler months ahead. More eco-friendly products are set to be in store in the new year, including selected styled for kids and babies. I’m really pleased that my favorite clothing store has opted to be more ethical about the sourcing of their clothes. And since these items are so reasonably priced, we can look good, make a difference, and not have to worry about breaking the bank to do so!
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Designer style handbags to suit every budget
2007-11-23 17:47:00
Do you drool over the latest designer handbags while knowing you could never afford the real thing? Beautiful though they may be, designer handbags can often cost more than we’d spend on food in a whole year! But help is at hand: The Little Bag Company have a gorgeous range of designer-inspired handbags at a price we can all afford, such as this Fendi-inspired little number which is priced at only £24.99! There are loads of designs and colors to choose from, and postage is very reasonable at around £3.00 per bag for first class delivery to the UK mainland. For the man in your life you can also find a range of leather wallets, credit card holders and funky key-holders which are very reasonably priced. The Little Bag Company offers real value for money, even competing with high street prices for style and quality. This is a great shopping site to visit for Christmas gifts for family and friends (and also as a hint to your other half…).
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What’s your British blog worth?
2007-11-22 18:49:00
This Great British Blog is valued at: £2,310.00 What is your British Blog worth? A while ago now, I discovered Tristen’s “Blog Wort h ” calculator which uses Technorati’s API to convert your blog’s worth into dollars. Well, here is a wonderfully British alternative, which not only features the Queen’s face on your worth widget, it converts the value into British pounds too! To get a widget like this for your own British blog, head on over to Boakes.org to calculate your blog’s value and get the code for your own widget, which you can copy and paste into a post or your blog sidebar. You may be pleasantly surprised by how much your blog is actually worth! I know I am

Anti-Bullying Week
2007-11-21 16:01:00
Bullying is a widespread problem, damaging the mental and physical health of children and young people. 45% of all children have been bullied (Department for Education and Skills) Bullying worsens social exclusion Victims of bullying lack confidence, often have few friends, spend their leisure time alone, and often suffer from anxiety, sleep problems, depression and even suicide (Royal College of Psychiatrists) 1 in every 2 school exclusions and 46% of school non-attendance is in some way related to bullying (Institute of Education) Bullying has a damaging effect on educational attainment School policies to tackle bullying are not always effective If you are a parent whose child has been the victim of bullying, you will be only too aware of the problem, and the emotional turmoil it creates. Anti -Bullying week helps schools and communities coordinate anti-bullying strategies, and bring widespread awareness to the problem of bullying. Anti-Bullying week runs fr...
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See Something, Say Something: Nickelodeon’s Anti-Bullying campaign
2007-11-21 13:17:00
Bullying is something we all fear for our children, especially in this modern age when bullying can take so many different forms. This week is Anti -Bullying Week: an annual event organised by the Anti-Bullying Alliance which was formed in 2002 by the NSPCC and National Children’s Bureau. Over 65 different organisations are involved in the Alliance, who have helped build the profile of Anti-Bullying week at both national and regional level. Anti-Bullying Week takes place this year (2007) between the 19th and 23rd of November. The theme is around school and community and explores safer routes to and from school, community cohesion, engaging parents/carers in school life, cyberbullying, and extended school provision. As well as a launch event in London there are many local and regional events taking place - take a look at the organisation’s website for details. The video above was produced by Nickel odeon as part of their anti-bullying campaign. As a parent whose child has r...
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A robot to clean your house!
2007-11-18 13:11:00
When I saw an advertisement for the Irobot Roomba in a magazine, I admit I thought it was a joke. A robotic vacuum cleaner that cleans your floors while you are away from home? The stuff of dreams (or perhaps for those with millions to spend on a whim). So I was surprised when I checked this out and discovered that Irobot have sold over 1.5 million of these worldwide. Even more shocking was the price tag: currently around £195 in the UK (and far cheaper than this in the United States). Not that I’ll be trusting the cleaning of my own house to a robot though! My kids make far too much mess for such a small device to effectively clean this house!
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Well, I’ve gone and done it now…
2007-11-17 18:34:00
Today I took a deep breath, prepared myself as best I could, and took the flying leap into unchartered domains… From Blogger to Wordpress: Glamumous now has a new home! For me this was such a huge decision to make. Not only did I need to redesign my whole template, I had to go almost to the ends of the earth in order to transfer all my posts over! The whole thing is still nowhere near perfect, and I have yet to clarify the DNS settings for my domain no longer point to Blogger. Yet I am glad that I did this: now I have so many more glorious features to play with, and a blog which acts more like a magazine than a newsletter. Please excuse me while I go off and play with my new blog settings, and soon enough I’ll post a big feature on the changes I made to the site…
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Kids go free on fun days out!
2007-11-16 01:07:00
Theme parks, shopping malls and MacDonalds can all become rather expensive methods of entertaining the kids. And free days out are hard to find these days...Or are they?Kids Go Free is a great website which helps you find free (and low cost) days out and activities for the kids. You can search by town, postcode or area for attractions close to you. This site is becoming invaluable in locating free and cheap days out for the family, especially when it comes to the school holidays! At Kids Go Free, you can find everything from local city farms to museums, walks and historical attractions near you. It also includes directories of "family-friendly" places to eat and stay.Check it out the next time you're looking for an inexpensive way to entertain the kids. You could even use this as a bargaining tool so the children will put up with your Christmas shopping over the next few weeks!
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Kids go free on fun days out!
2007-11-16 01:07:00
Theme parks, shopping malls and MacDonalds can all become rather expensive methods of entertaining the kids. And free days out are hard to find these days… Or are they? Kids Go Free is a great website which helps you find free (and low cost) days out and activities for the kids. You can search by town, postcode or area for attractions close to you. This site is becoming invaluable in locating free and cheap days out for the family, especially when it comes to the school holidays! At Kids Go Free, you can find everything from local city farms to museums, walks and historical attractions near you. It also includes directories of “family-friendly” places to eat and stay. Check it out the next time you’re looking for an inexpensive way to entertain the kids. You could even use this as a bargaining tool so the children will put up with your Christmas shopping over the next few weeks!
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Here we go...
2007-11-14 01:10:00
I've started the makeover process now, and have uploaded my brand new, fancy template! I hope you like these changes so far! I know there are loads of links which need to be changed or added, and that most of my previous widgets are gone. In the next few days I'll tidy things up a bit and soon everything will look and act better than it ever did before! If you're looking for a new template for

Here we go…
2007-11-14 01:10:00
I’ve started the makeover process now, and have uploaded my brand new, fancy template! I hope you like these changes so far! I know there are loads of links which need to be changed or added, and that most of my previous widgets are gone. In the next few days I’ll tidy things up a bit and soon everything will look and act better than it ever did before! If you’re looking for a new template for your own Blogger blo, why not check out the selection I created over at Blogger Buster? There are various templates available to suit almost all tastes and preferences, or you could even search through the archives to find a tutorial to help you customize your own…

Glamumous is getting a make-over!
2007-11-13 11:49:00
Now that I have a Pagerank (of three, no less!), and have made several blogging friends who have inspired me, I've finally decided to give Glamumous a complete overhaul! So in the next few weeks or so, you'll see many changes here on the Glamumous site, including a brand new makeover and a focus on all things "Glamumous"! I hope you will like the new look and focus of this blog. I will blog
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Glamumous is getting a make-over!
2007-11-13 11:49:00
Now that I have a Pagerank (of three, no less!), and have made several blogging friends who have inspired me, I’ve finally decided to give Glamumous a complete overhaul! So in the next few weeks or so, you’ll see many changes here on the Glamumous site, including a brand new makeover and a focus on all things “Glamumous”! I hope you will like the new look and focus of this blog. I will blog about all these changes as they are happening, and as always appreciate any comments and suggestions you may have on this subject.
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High Heeled Shoe Race!
2007-11-11 00:28:00
I bet the contestants had so much fun in this race, which was held in St Petersburg! The winner was awarded $3000 dollars worth of shopping vouchers. I so wish there was such a competition near me, I’d be one of the first to sign up!
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High Heeled Shoe Race!
2007-11-11 00:28:00
I bet the contestants had so much fun in this race, which was held in St Petersburg! The winner was awarded $3000 dollars worth of shopping vouchers. I so wish there was such a competition near me, I'd be one of the first to sign up!
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Earn money from your blog with Text-Link-Ads
2007-11-10 23:12:00
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Earn money from your blog with Text-Link-Ads
2007-11-10 23:12:00
I have just signed up with Text-Link -Ads: an advertising scheme which is surprisingly simple to use. With TLA, you can create available spaces in your blog to sell as advertising space. TLA handle the advertisements for you, and to begin earning money you only need to add a new feed to your blog’s layout.Simple, yes? For me, this is certainly much easier than fiddling with AdSense codes, and I won’t have wasted the advertising space with ads that dopn’t earn me any revenue: as soon as an advertiser purchases space in my blog, the payment will be sent to my account. And I don;t have to wait for months on end to receive payment either, since the minumum transfer is only $25! As for how well this will work for me (or how much money I could earn from this program), only time will tell.
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Happy Halloween!
2007-10-31 21:28:00
Tonight it's Halloween , and how I wish my little ones would join in the celebrations! My son has never wanted to dress up or go "trick or treating", and now that he's eleven he's even more reluctant! Little Angel (bless her) is scared to death of anyone dressed up in a spooky costume! She won't even go near the Halloween section in the supermarket as she's frightened that the sinister display
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Happy Halloween!
2007-10-31 21:28:00
Tonight it’s Halloween , and how I wish my little ones would join in the celebrations! My son has never wanted to dress up or go “trick or treating”, and now that he’s eleven he’s even more reluctant! Little Angel (bless her) is scared to death of anyone dressed up in a spooky costume! She won’t even go near the Halloween section in the supermarket as she’s frightened that the sinister display will somehow come to life… Back when I was a kid, I used to plan my costume weeks in advance. I loved Halloween, more for the spirit of the evening than for the sweeties I’d bring home at the end of the night! My friends and I would sit round each other’s houses until our parents made us come home, telling each other spooky stories, trying to be the storyteller who could scare the others the most. This year, I’m resigned to watching (slightly) scary movies with my son, who luckily does seem to have inherited my passion for horr...
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Free stationary and business cards!
2007-10-16 22:27:00
I'm always on the look-out for bargains, and this really is one of the best I've found in recent weeks! Vistaprint, famed for their 250 free business cards offer, are now offering even more personalized stationary for free! You can choose from desk calendars, holiday cards, postcards and even more. You only need to pay for the postage! As Christmas is only a couple of months away, this could
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Free stationary and business cards!
2007-10-16 22:27:00
I’m always on the look-out for bargains, and this really is one of the best I’ve found in recent weeks! Vistaprint, famed for their 250 free business cards offer, are now offering even more personalized stationary for free! You can choose from desk calendars, holiday cards, postcards and even more. You only need to pay for the postage! As Christmas is only a couple of months away, this could be a great opportunity to bag a few free stocking fillers for your family and friends. Or you could choose the free business cards for yourself, and use these to help promote your blog! My husband yesterday received the business cards he ordered to help promote his cell-phone shop, and he’s rather pleased with how good they look. What’s more, as we are now Vistaprint customers, we’ve been emailed even more great offers (free T-shirts, personalized rubber stamps and notecards) which are only available to customers who have completed an order. Why not try Vistaprint f...
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Only one more year to the big three-oh!
2007-09-30 22:25:00
Today is my 29th birthday. The kids woke me up with a lovely birthday hug, and Hubby Dearest planned a surprise dinner out for us at a lovely local restaurant which has just opened. What a lovely treat! I just wish there were more years until I hit the dreaded thirty... Does this mean I can start lying about my age now?
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Happy Birthday Little Sis!
2007-09-26 20:32:00
For your eighteenth birthday to my special Sis: I hope all of your wishes come true. May each hour and minute be filled with delight, And your birthday be perfect for you! With love from all the family xxx
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