Etsy Shop Now Open!

For all those that read my last blog you will remember I mentioned a etsy shop. Well the good news is it is now up and running so for all you filofax lovers get yourself over there and checkout my dashboards and spend some pennies.
There will be plenty more designs  arriving soon so keep your eyes peeled.

Type into the Etsy search bar ItsAMumsThing to find me.
Cheers guys xx

Money Problems and Planning A Shopping List

Today has not been the best day.

Getting news that you won't get help paying for rent and then they double your rent arrears, because they stop paying 2 month ago with out telling you!

Now I really have to get my bum into gear and organise money.

So today I spent my day watching videos on how to plan Your meals.

Obviously I can't stick to them religiously as sometimes my fiance doesn't get home till hlf ten which is a bit late to eat.

I sat and looked through all my cook books and put sticky post it page markers at every recipe I fancied.

I gave a colour to each meal.

Orange = breakfast

Green = lunch

Yellow = tea

Pink =sweet snacks\desserts

So after all that i got another piece of paper and put it into sections. Meat, Veg, Tins and Other.

So flicking through the recipes I was writing down all the ingredients I needed and how much I needed, and that was my shopping list.

Not shopping till Wednesday so fingers crossed I can keep to my shopping list.

Get To Know Me...

Since this is the first time we have met, here is a little bit about me: I am a bubbly, coffee drinking, dog loving, sweet treat loving, red haired mum to a beautiful baby boy.
My name is Megan-Lavinia: Lavinia after the character in the Shakespeare play Titus Andronicus (my mum fell in love with the name when she studied the play at school)
I live at home with my fiancé, my dog and my son.
I spend most of my free time; creating, crafting, taking photos, buying way too much stationary and just enjoying spending time with the people I love. Life is pretty normal for me!
I started this blog to share stuff I create, what I get up to and my challenge of  organizing and get through day to day life as its not always easy being a 19 year old mum.
Anyway that's just a little bit about me.
I hope you stay and hang out.

I'm just starting out so any hints, tips and constructive criticism would be much appreciated.

Thanks guys
Megan xx