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The Quiet Way to Get Ahead of Winter Food Prices

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Store cupboard foods to buy ahead of UK food price rises in winter 2026

UK food prices could rise again this winter. Here’s what to buy gradually now, from store cupboard basics to freezer staples, without panic buying.

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SEND Mum | Wife | Aussie in the UK.
Creative | Blogger | Full-Time Reading Obsessive
Home Ed Maven | Stroke Survivor
I am also @McDayDesignsUK

One of those mornings where, you really 'want' to

One of those mornings where, you really 'want' to be productive, but you're operating on 2 hours sleep, a single cup of coffee and the four remaining brain cells you own. 😂

Got my witchy music mix on, and trying to motivate myself to make a plan for the day.

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When the possibilities are endless... but so is yo

When the possibilities are endless...
but so is your 'To-Do' list! 🤣

Another fun day of chasing 5 medical appointments, diary management and
trying to plan our Year 10 home ed work.

Send coffee!! ☕

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Short chapters. A gentle mystery. Animal friends w

Short chapters.
A gentle mystery.
Animal friends working things out together.

Designed for calm evening reading. 🌙

Would your child read this independently, or with you?

Mixy The Garden Detective: The Mystery of the Midnight Glow, now available on Amazon in paperback, and on Kindle Unlimited.

Link in bio.

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So, I may have accidentally written a children’s b

So, I may have accidentally written a children’s book. Or three.

It turns out my little writing project to try and stretch my post-stroke creative muscles, morphed into a small series about a curious tuxedo cat called Mixy, a nervous mouse called Pip, and a tiny lantern keeper named Luma, a Glowling who lives behind the garden shed.

The first book is called Mixy the Garden Detective: The Mystery of the Midnight Glow and it is now live on Amazon in paperback and on Kindle Unlimited.

The chapters are short on purpose. Properly short. The kind where “one more chapter pleeease” really does mean five more minutes, not a full bedtime renegotiation.

Each chapter also has a natural stopping point, which makes it ideal for calm evening reading, or for children beginning to read longer stories on their own.

It’s gentle, cosy, slightly mysterious, and in addition to Mixy, Pip and Luma, it involves a grumpy toad, a cool beetle, and a very determined magpie.

So if you know a small human aged about 5 to 9 who likes animals, secret doors, tiny magical creatures, or gardens that are clearly keeping secrets after dark, I would be very grateful if you shared it with them.

Link in bio before I lose my nerve and pretend I never mentioned this.

And yes, Mixy is a real cat.
She has, to the best of my knowledge, never solved a mystery and would be terrified of a mouse. 😉

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