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Whooga Boots looking like a toasty Christmas pressie idea!

November 5, 2010April 28, 2011 BritMumInNZ 2 Comments Giveaways, Sarah

I am no longer in denial. Christmas is approaching and with most of my family living in the UK I have to be super organized. Thankfully online shopping makes for stress free shopping, there’s no need to pay for crazy postage and I’m not leaving such a large carbon footprint. Whilst I am baring my […]

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And the winner of the Borne Naked Liner is….

November 3, 2010November 3, 2010 BritMumInNZ 1 Comment Reviews

Here are the results of the Borne Naked Liner Giveaway (if you missed my review of this life changing style solution, you can read it here). All entries were written on an individual piece of paper and put in a Borne Naked Liner… Sophie did the honours and took out the winning ticket… She passed […]

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‘Into the Wilderness’ and a Giveaway!

September 19, 2010April 28, 2011 BritMumInNZ 13 Comments Giveaways, Reviews, Sarah

UPDATE, 20 October 2010: The winner of the giveaway is…. Leanne from Cottage Tails. Congratulations! The only reading I’ve done in the past six month’s has been young children’s literature with my girls and blogs (the latter mostly by the glow of my iPhone in the middle of the night whilst feeding Alice). When Sarah […]

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