May 5, 2008
· Filed under baby, green, pregnancy · Tagged baby, budget, ebay, eco, green
I only have one more week left at work and being a bank holiday week that means just four days! I can’t wait, have massive lists of things to do to keep me busy whilst I am off.
My mission to get everything for this baby on a tight budget is going really well. A lot of this is thanks to ebay. I have spent many hours scouring ebay for bargains and I’ve done really well. Some of my great buys have been:
Moses basket and stand for £5, a Mamas and Papas one, at least £60 for the basket in the shops plus another £20 for the stand.
Bouncy chair for £3, another Mamas and Papas one, should have been about £20.
A breast pump for 99p! Should have been about $20.
Lots of maternity clothes and other bits and bobs. The only thing we have spent much money on was the pram/pushchair which cost £160 but that was in the sale and had 55% off.
Overall I think I have done really well, obviously there is an environmental benefit to buying things second hand, saves stuff going into land fill and means more stuff doesn’t have to be made.
I’m starting to feel a lot easier about being ready for the baby coming!
February 24, 2008
· Filed under baby, green, pregnancy · Tagged baby, green, nappies, pregnancy
I think it would be strange if I started off this blog discussing any other nappies than reusable. I realise there has been research into whether reusable nappies really are better for the environment than reusable with some strange findings which I don’t necessarily agree with but to me it was a no-brainer. Even if you just look at it from the point of view of saving money, reusables win hands down over disposables. Personally I couldn’t justify going out every week and spending money on nappies which were just going to end up in the bin when it is possible to get reusable nappies that I can wash again and again.
I was lucky to find some in a sale, in January they were offering 20% off everything at The Clean Green Nappy Machine so I bought a selection of flat terry nappies, some shaped nappies, some wraps, some nappy nippas and some liners all for under £70. Where I live the council offers an incentive to encourage people to but real nappies so from this I got back £25. So now I have enough nappies to start off with and it all cost me around £45 which I don’t think is bad!
