Amanda Blinkhorn is a freelance journalist who has been writing about money, family life and everything in between since she was 19.

She blogs here almost every day and writes the Money Matters finance column in Candis magazine as well as for The Sunday Times and other newspapers and magazines. She lives in London with her four children aged between 8 and 19. She has almost finished training to be an adult literacy teacher and will qualify this summer, if she ever finishes those pesky essays.


Check out some of Amanda’s recent blogs below…

The final countdown

The final countdown

We’re almost there but I’ve still got a to do list that doubles overnight...

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Nativity

Nativity

It was a magical all-singing, all-dancing production, with live music...

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And so it begins…

And so it begins…

I’m pretty sure our shed is haunted by restless garden gnomes...

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Would you try Botox to boost your lashes?

Would you try Botox to boost your lashes?

Would you try Botox to boost your lashes?

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Money, money, money

Money, money, money

I’ve been thinking about budgets a lot this week – especially as my roof is leaking

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Seeing is believing

Seeing is believing

I hadn’t even considered contact lenses partly because the thought of the faff involved

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A night at the theatre

A night at the theatre

I was invited to Bonnie Langford’s first night in the West End production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

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Lead us not into temptation

Lead us not into temptation

I am still struggling to whittle myself down to a respectable size for my Christmas stockings

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Lest we forget

Lest we forget

We finally made it to see the poppies at the Tower of London on Saturday

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Happy talking

Happy talking

The news is full of graphs showing us how age and wealth affect our happiness

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Wouldn’t it be loverly

Wouldn’t it be loverly

I spent all day Saturday in the garden in shorts T-shirt and flip-flops

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Trick or treat?

Trick or treat?

I was so desperate I ended up begging for the last pumpkin in town

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