CURLY AND CANDID

It’s no secret that we are a frugal family. I hate waste, detest paying more than I should for anything and love a bargain. Better still if I can make a little extra from something I’m not using then I will.

Many of you will have heard of musicMagpie, either through word of mouth or on the TV. Basically, selling dvds with musicMagpie can free up space and make you money. I have sold DVD’s on eBay or Amazon but in truth have found it a hassle. The fees I’ve paid has made it barely worth packaging anything up and walking down to the post office and I hated waiting for items to sell, one by one. The difference with selling dvds with musicMagpie is that everything is sent at once, no repeat visits to the post office, no postage to pay and you know what you will receive payment-wise.

It is insanely easy to sell computer games for cash and recycle your dvds as you simply need to input the barcode number into the site to tell you how much your item is worth. For those of you who are a bit nifty with technology you can scan the barcodes with your webcam making it even easier or scan it in with your iPhone using the clever musicMagpie app.

I have sold DVDs, games and CDs to musicMagpie on several occasions and can personally recommend the service and ease of use. If you are decluttering and fancy making a bit of extra money check out musicMagpie first!

*Sponsored post but true to what we have experienced as a family!

When Innocent asked if we’d like to take part in their latest campaign we said YES! Kieran especially is a huge fan of the Innocent products and thoroughly enjoyed making a spooky veg fiend in the Halloween campaign.

True to the time of year, this time around Kieran has received a fab gardening set with mini rake, fork and watering can and a selction of fab seeds which can be found in the multipacks.
The challenge was to drink the drinks, fill the empty cartons with soil, plant a seed in each and watch them grow.
Simple enough one would think, but not in our house.
Our plan was to collect up all the cartons then plant everything all at once. We wanted to have a seed race and see what came up first and which grew the fastest. We were going to keep a chart.

Then disaster struck! Daddy, forget that we had an important challenge to run recycled all the cartons.
Nooooo!
This set us back a bit but it was ok! We bought some small pots, filled them with soil, planted and popped them outside.

And then, after the mild weather we’ve had….. the frost came. I can’t blame Daddy for this one because I should have known better but am a terrible gardener. It’s been some time now and it appears that the growing race is a non-starter. Ooops!

Not to be beaten we have used some more of the vouchers we received with the gardening kit and have been supping our way through more delicious smoothies, collecting more seeds and will soon be read to replant again, indoors, away from recycling-mad Daddy’s and seed killing frost.

This might sound like bit of a disaster but it has actually been fantastic fun! We’ve looked up the seeds online so that Kieran could see what we should be able to see when shoots start to appear and we’ve had great fun on the Innocent Kids website with all the fantastic games and features (I have developed something of an obsession with the Whack a Fruit game).

For us, so far, this challenge has been about spending time together learning about growing things, health and drinking gorgeous smoothies. Has it all gone to plan? No! However Innocent are a pretty savvy lot and they know that as long as the kids are having fun it’s all good – and we’ve been having a blast!

If you are on twitter make sure you follow the #innocentseeds hashtag to read about those with better organised greed fingers and also to find some fantastic competitions. You can collect your own seeds in every pack too so happy growing! Find out more and say hi to the garden gang on the Innocent kids website.

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A blogging challenge gone wrong, but it’s alright