Get funky with Trunki

It has dawned on me today that red isn't my favourite colour after all. Yes I like wearing it but looking at around my house at my sons pram system, his car seat, his Samsonite turtle changing bag, his highchair and now his new toy, a Trunki, they are all Shrek green!

Upon this realisation that my favourite colour is actually green, I looked up the meaning of colour and apparantly I can be summed up in the following way.

Frank, community-minded, fairly sociable, gentle, sincere, self-effacing, modest and patient. We are also supposed to be refined, civilised and reputable.

Refined? check.
Civilised? (depends on how angry my boyfriend makes me)
Reputable? why of course!
Frank? oh yes! BUY A BABEECARD AND SAVE SOME MONEY! see, very frank indeed!
Gentle? yes, when I am not kickboxing!

Right back to the Trunki. I came across Trunki at the Baby show in Excel this year fell in love with Frieda the cow but since spotting the Towgo, I just had to get it for my son and also for myself as it will really make me smile pulling him along on Shreks suitcase.

If you want a Trunki, log on to the discount portal and you will get a 10% discount via the Shopezee offer.

Original price: £34.97 (The Towgo green is £4.99 extra)
BaBeeCard price: £31.47
Total saving of: £3.50

Keep your kids entertained whilst you drag them around train stations, airports and carparks by letting them ride on their own suitcase - genius!

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Check out BaBeeCard on prepaid365.com to get a good idea of how the card works, benefits and ratings.

Benefits in a nutshell:

• Can help you save 100's of £'s with online discounts
• £1 donated to BLISS baby charity for each card purchased
• Exceptional and unique moneyback guarantee

Fees in a nutshell:

• Card Issue Fee - £14.95
• Monthly Fee - Free
• Transaction Fee UK - Free
• ATM Withdrawal Fee UK - £1.00 per withdrawal
• Reload Fee - Free via bank transfer, £1.00 via debit card online/SMS

Don't forget that the savings on groceries at ASDA, Sainsbury's (5%) and Waitrose (8%) alone will cover the cost of the £14.95 purchase price within the first month of using the card and our discounted supermarket vouchers on essentials and petrol).

Discounts on eyeballs...roll up, roll up...

that's what I need at the moment, to swap my swollen, itchy, red eyes for a nice new, white, bright shiny pair. Hmmmmmm not quite sure that will work as I think a total immune system replacement might be needed.

If it wasn't bad enough that I am allergice to nuts, I am thrown into "Summer hell" watching people eat my favourite chocolate, tuck into magnums, feasts and all things ice-creamy whilst parading around in the Summer sun sans sunglasses, frolicking around in the grass and enjoying picnics without a sneeze, itch or tear in sight!

I thought you were supposed to grow out of hayfever like you are supposed to grow out of throwing tantrums when you don't get what you want, maybe that's the answer!!!

Stop throwing tantrums and my hayfever will disappear, yeah right.....worth a try though!

No wedding list - cash is king

My friend got married last month and wedding lists always cause a problem for me, on one hand I want to buy a gift I had chose from wherever but on the other hand I want to give the happy couple something they actually want rather than something they will either sell on Ebay, recycle, collapse in heaps of laughter or tears of disappointment.

So to my delight, my invitation was read with absolute joy, no wedding list in sight. There was however, a polite and well written note informing us that seeing they already live together and have an 11 month old baby they don't really need anything else but would really appreciate money or John Lewis vouchers, you know where I am going here don't you?

Out comes my stash of vouchers and in pops the JL vouchers into the wedding card. For some bizarre reason I was absolutely chuffed with myself, having been organised enough to have some at the ready. (For those of you who know me well, I am as scatty as they come).

So BaBeeCard to the rescue once again. Not only did they get something they wanted, I gave something I had (and at a discount I hasten to add) and I also suprised myself at how organised I am becoming. Now whether that's down to BaBeeCard or due to having my son is still open for debate.

What can I say? BaBeeCard you are my trusted friend, there to save me money on groceries so I can buy more chocolate and there for me at weddings when I don't know what to buy.

I am now sitting eagerly awaiting my chirpy village postman to deliver me Junes supply of vouchers. I desperately want to go out to the shops but this time I am being strict - no vouchers, no shopping!

Last month I let my partner loose to buy groceries, I totalled up all the receipts and almost fell of my chair. Mummy does the shopping from now on!

Vouchers? don't leave home without them

like I did today!

Firstly, I hate highchairs as stated previously in my post titled "Babies and mealtimes". Secondly, I hate paying full price for something I know I have the capacity to get cheaper.

Unprepared and worn down by my son's relentless squirming and glee at getting food into every corner of the room, I have finally succummed to the dreaded highchair.

With Teddy and partner in tow, I stopped off at MotherCare and thought I could get a highchair that didn't really look like a highchair (I think I am borderline highchair & baby food phobic!) I spotted a wooden one, plain, nice straight lines and simplistic. It looked almost bearable to have next to my dark Indian dining table. Was I allowed to have something so simple, so plain? of course not!

MEN!!!

My partner chose the highchair just like he chose the pram system, big, bulky, techincally advanced and almost car like (what is it with dads and baby items? why do they have to reflect their ego?)

So he and my son are now the proud owners of a Chicco Polly- Seventy (I am guessing the Seventy refers to it's retro, hippy pattern) bright green, retro, big, plastic, gadgety and ridiculously overcomplicated (you can even lower the seat so they can have a nap on a full tummy - see photo - sparko!)

If it wasn't bad enough me having to buy one in the first place to save my home from being completly splattered with baby food, I also stopped at MotherCare instead of John Lewis (which I have vouchers for in my purse). Yes, I have had words with myself!

The best place to buy this highchair is John Lewis as you get an 8% discount, MotherCare vouchers will give you a 5% discount. You can also use your John Lewis vouchers online and have it delivered to you, an added bonus.

Original price: £99
BaBeeCard price: £91.08
Total saving of: £ 7.92

Do compare large purchase baby items at Boots, MotherCare and John Lewis as there are small price differences and the 8% at John Lewis may work out marginally cheaper.

Happy shopping, it all adds up you know :-)