All About The Boys becomes ALL about the boys !

It's been a long summer.  First time I have taken the whole summer to spend with my boys.  We have had fun days, fab days, drab days and sad days but most of all its been a learning experience.  When you are self employed it's probably not a good idea to take nearly two months off work.  I have tried to work at night or when the boys were otherwise occupied, but in reality I have been too tired most nights after days on the beach or whatever other activity we got up to.  As for trying to think and work when they boys were in the next room, FORGET IT!  There have been days that I could seriously have killed the next person to say "MUMMY".  Anyway, lessons learned and with totally empty bank balance its back to a combination of holiday clubs, grandma and mummy & daddy from now on. 

I am desperate to get stuck back into work and to move my two small businesses forward and have decided that my website www.allabouttheboys.co.uk  will get a makeover in the next few weeks and will become only All About The Boys !  After taking time to look over the figures and sales trends its become obvious that the majority of my sales are indeed boys clothes.  I think the name of my website does confuse people, even though I was strongly advised not to change it.  So from this Autumn/Winter stock I am returning to selling clothes only for baby boys, boys and some mens items.

Don't worry though if you are one of my fab loyal regular customers who I source girls clothes for, I am still happy to do that.  Just let me know what you are looking for and I will get it for you.  Just not selling girls online anymore.

I have been selling off the girls stock on Ebay and to twitter and facebook followers over the Summer but still have stock left.  I really want to clear the decks now so am offering all the girls stock on my website for sale at "offer price".  Please pop over and take a look, take no notice of the price displayed and if you are interested in anything leave a comment below telling me what it is and either :

DM me your offer price on Twitter
Message me your offer on Facebook or 
Email me your offer at info@allabouttheboys.co.uk

Before I made my decision I had these Ralph Lauren Hooded Jackets on their way to me with the Winter stock.    If anyone is interested I have two aged 5 (suit 4/5 yrs)  and 6 (suit 5/6 yrs)  offers over £18 please. (rrp £65).

Also this Ralph Lauren Outfit.  Both size 6 Suit UK 5/6 yrs - Offers over £30 please.

Me, John Lewis and the Mad Blog Awards

Today, I had possibly the most amazing email EVER to drop in my mailbox.  It came from Sally Whittle the organiser of the MAD blog awards telling me I had been selected to have a personal shopper at my local John Lewis Store and £250 to spend on my outfit for the final. 

I can't tell you how blown away I am by this gesture.  For those who follow my blog and twitter stream you will already know that for the last eight or so years we have been living on a very tight budget.  We rarely have any spare cash for treats and I hardly ever pay full price for anything.   I can honestly say that blogging has been the only thing that has enabled my family and I to have all the wonderful experiences, toys and treats in the last 18 months.

Having such a wonderful treat to spend all on myself on NEW clothes is fantastic, although I am already pushing the thoughts of what I could spend that kind of money on for the family, firmly to the back of my head. 

I thought I would just pop over to the John Lewis website to browse some of their clothes and shoes to see what kind of outfit I might choose.

What do you think......

or maybe this ........

or this .......

and what about these ....

I promise to update this post with the outfit I actually choose  xx

Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz / Humf DVD Giveaway

MANY APOLOGIES FOR THE DELAY ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS

FAB NEWS !

I HAVE 3 TOM & JERRY DVD'S AND 3 HUMF DVD'S

WINNERS SELECTED AT RANDOM BY JARVIS ARE :

TOM & JERRY

Maria Robertson

Lisa Troccoli

Nick and Katherine

HUMF

Nicola Mather

Agnesrn

Joanne Blunt

Please email me your address details to info@allabouttheboys.co.uk  Please note the dvd's will be sent to you direct from the PR company.  They have advised me that they will not send them out until the launch date which is the 19th September.  Please do contact me if you do not receive your DVD within a week of that date.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS !  More giveaways soon xx

*******giveaway now closed ********

We were recently sent a copy of Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz to review.  On sale on DVD from 19th September 2011 from Warner Home Video priced £4.99 RRP.

The twins love all things Tom and Jerry and this DVD is no exception.

They're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz! Join Tom and Jerry as they soar over the rainbow and travel down the yellow brick road in Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz, an all-new animated retelling of the classic tale.


Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz features all the popular characters: Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, the Lion, the Wicked Witch of the West, the Wizard, the Munchkins.  Also all the classic songs, including Over the Rainbow.  The story is told including the antics of the cat and mouse duo as they get twisted up in a twister, go paw-to-paw against flying monkeys and storm the Wicked Witch's castle in a heroic attempt to get Dorothy and Toto (and themselves) safely back to Kansas. After all, there's no place like home!

 Not so impressed by Humf these days, the twins at six years old are far tooooo grown up to watch this lovely little chap.  Mummy on the other hand is not !  I love the Humf stories and used to really enjoy sitting down with the twins in their pre-school days to watch.  He is short and round and purple and cuddly. At three years old, Humf is full of wonder at the world and is always eager to explore the new things he sees around him and it’s this that forms the basis of his many delightful adventures with his best friends Loon and Wallace.


Whether you want some cuddle time on the sofa or some "free" time to cook, clean and generally run around the house, Humf and the Fluffy Thing is packed with 10  adventures and includes a bonus disc containing an additional 6 FREE episodes !.


Available to buy from 12th September 2011 priced £9.99 RRP Cert. U from Entertainment One.

Humf, narrated by leading British actress Caroline Quentin, can be seen everyday on Nick Jr where it has been entertaining young children and parents since 2009. The show currently ranks in Nick Jr’s Top 5 shows and following unprecedented consumer demand, the first Humf books and toys will launch this Autumn ensuring that Humf tops pre-schoolers wish lists this Christmas!

I have several copies of both DVD's to giveaway.  All you need to do is leave a comment below telling me which DVD you would prefer - Tom and Jerry or Humf.

For additional entries (not essential just increases your chances) leave one additional comment for each of the following :

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Giveaway ends on Tuesday 30th August at 8.00pm  - winner picked at random. and will be notified via twitter DM or Facebook Message.

DVD's will be sent direct from the PR company, name and address details of winner will be required.

THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK xx

Boys and Girls

I love to work my way through new followers on twitter looking for inspirational independent businesses.  Take a look at this bright and stylish site aptly named  "boys and girls" with clothes for babies, boys and girls designed for the urban lifestyle.

Some of my favourite pieces (also happen to be on sale at the moment )

Big star Hoodie was £24 now £16.80

Never have enough stripy tops was £14.00 now an amazing £4.20 !!!

Tattoo romper was £18.00 now £5.40 !

Girls or Boys Star tee shirt was £12 now £6.

If you are an independent business selling products for children, maybe running a sale or a special offer at the moment. Please feel free to comment and link up your website  below.

ToysRus Giveaway

Many thanks to all who entered.  The winner picked at random by Milo is :

LITTLEBOO_21

CONGRATULATIONS !


As part of this year's ToysRus Toyologists campaign, ToysRus have very kindly offered to supply additional toys for my giveaway's, saving me the expense of the postal costs I had last year.  For my first ToysRus giveaway I thought it might be nice to make the prize a bit like how it is for us receiving a box containing several items.  I  saved up the competition toys from my first three boxes .

If it's not too early for you to start thinking about Christmas, you might like to enter to win a bundle of toys to take the edge off all the expense.

First item :

Pirate snakes and ladders.  RRP £9.99  We had this last year, a great, classic family game.

2nd item :

Construction Knex Dinosaur Model set RRP £22.99

Third Item :

Jack and Jill game  RRP £9.99

To enter to win the bundle of toys above you will receive one entry for each of the following (absolutely no obligation to do all of them, just increases your chances of winning) xx  :

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Pop over to the ToysRus facebook page and like them HERE  lots of other toyologists running competitions

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Competition closes on Wednesday 24th August at 8pm

Winner picked at random and notified  via twitter or email.

Toys will be sent out direct from ToysRus - email and delivery address will be requested from the winner at time of notification.