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They look so grown up compare to last years back to school post!
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I hate shopping for school shoes with the boys. This is made much worse by the fact that Mini has very wide feet with a high instep. We have tried every shoe shop going and I have never been over the moon at any shoe shop until now.
Today we went to Clarks in a neirbouring market town, which doesn’t actually have many shops at all, so much so that MadDad didn’t even know that it had a Clarks.
So what made this shop pain free (apart from in the pocket)?
We booked our appointment online. No getting a ticket and waiting inline. Not for us, we jumped any queue with our pre-booked appointment – Whoop.
We had an experienced fitting lady (she was the manager) and all the other staff were more mature and handled the boys perfectly.
The plimsolls Mini needed were out of stock, but will be delivered FREE to my home address on Friday.
Plimsolls in a range of width fittings and in half sizes, which is perfect for us as both boys are half sizes.
We have found in the past that the larger and more trendy Clarks often employ people who have not got children of their own, so although they are qualified fitters, we have had to return on a number of times, especially with Mini and his wide, high feet.
Both boys have come away with different style shoes, but with a protective rubber bumper at the front.
My only gripe would be please stop making Jack Nano shoes. I do not want to purchase these for my children and I do not want to have to experience pester power over them. Thankfully the Manager understood this and they were not the best fit for my children, so they were not in the running.
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We have been part of Tesco’s back to school blogger program for the last three years and we were delighted to be involved again this year. Both of my boys have put Tesco’s unform to the test over these last three years and we please to see an improvement year on year on both the quality and value of Tesco’s back to school offering.
I was invited to London this week by Smart Shoppers to a workshop all about making your own spa treatments. Not only are these treatments free of all nasty’s, they are much less expensive that buying them. Plus it is so much fun to make them and they are perfect to gift.
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My boys put there school clothes though the wringer! They are not gental with anything they wear and their uniform is no exception. I was delighted when Matalan offered me £100 to spend on their uniform, espeically as I have purchased it from them previously and it has stood up to the boys day to day use.
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I am back this month after a break on the bedroom challenge with the Tots 100 Home Club a garden challenge.
My garden was a mud pit 6 years ago. What do I mean by that, well we live in a new build, so it has been a hard slog to get the garden in to any shape to be actually called a garden rather than just mud. However, our needs have changed over the last year or so and we have had to get rid of the play house after the boys started using it as an obsticle course. I was the words “jump of the roof and try to get on the middle of the whirlygigg” that finished it for me. I had visions of my boys hanging themselves and they were actually using the house to climb on top of the six foot fence and try to walk across the top of it!
I also have a set of three books to give away to a reader of Mum in the Mad House.
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“I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues.”
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