Katrina - The Organised Housewife

If you don’t make shopping lists, I encourage you to start and experience a more efficient, effective and stress-free way of shopping! Here are my reasons as to why you should make grocery lists.

These are my tips and tools to help you learn to keep your bills and receipts altogether in order to get the most money back at tax time.

Whether you’re needing money for school fees, wanting to pay out a loan or just curious on how you are spending all your money, it may be time to create a family budget. This will help you organise your financial priorities and balance your saving and spending habits.

This new series will help you understand how you spend your money, how to save and reduce your living expenses, make your debts more manageable and save for your next holiday or something that will make you happy!

It’s 3 o’clock, you’re tossing and turning and itching to get a wink of sleep. You keep thinking about how little sleep you’ve had and it doesn’t help your cause… Trust me, I know the feeling.
The next time you’re struggling to catch some zzz’s, refer to my readers’ tips on how to get to sleep to help you out.

From start to finish, you will have this light and fresh dinner of flaky baked fish with vegetables on the table in less than 30 minutes.

While it’s nice to relax and chill out, I like to give the kids a few tasks to do over the holidays and make a list for myself. It’s possible to have fun and stay organised these school holidays!

Let’s face it, everyone loves IKEA! They offer an amazing and affordable range of furniture, appliances and home accessories. Get inspired by some of these IKEA hacks below, I would love to try a few myself.

Back with another instalment of meal planning! Erin has kindly shared her weekly meal plan for this week. She says she feels lost if she doesn’t do her meal planning for the week (I know what you mean, Erin!). I hope you enjoy Erin’s weekly meal plan and find some helpful recipes in there for yourself.

26 hot school lunch ideas for kids to take to school in their thermos. Hot food in insulated jars are a fun alternative to sandwiches in winter.

This week’s OH! (Organised Housewife!) List is filled with a few little favourite things from around my home.

Casseroles are the perfect hearty, one-pot dinner idea. Nothing says winter more than a comforting and warm dinner. Casseroles are guaranteed to be packed full of flavour and will leave your whole family feeling satisfied. Keep toasty this winter time with one of the recipes in this casserole collection.

We welcomed a little puppy into our household on the weekend. With a new puppy, I expected there may be messes in the house, so I planned ahead and made up this little Organised Puppy Cleaning Caddy. So glad I did!!