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A couple of months ago, I was lucky enough to win myself a lovely box of Nescafe sachets. The idea was, to share them with friends and take photos & report back on what a fun time was had while drinking said coffee.

Don't get me wrong, I've shared, however it's not worked out as planned on the inviting friends round to share them with side of things. Being a working mum, I don't have much time for calling round for cuppa's and I don't have many hours in the afternoon for getting the girls together either.

It's something I've missed a bit since the kids have gotten older and friends have moved away. When we first moved back here, the town was thriving, and every single week new families would move into the area. The last couple of years have been the opposite. Every week, more families move away, including some of my dear dear friends.

I was happy with our little group. A thrown together by circumstance coffee group if you will. We had met at Mainly Music with our one year olds (or there abouts) and slowly the group was added to as more bubs came along. Many of us were business owners, and many of us Mums had to do the dinner/bedtime routine alone as our Blokes would be busy in the businesses they were nurturing. So we had a lot in common.

Now though, it's pretty much just me left out of that group. There are one or two Mums still around, but as our kids have moved away from being friends due to boys no longer wanting to play with girls and vice versa, the time we've spent hanging out has dwindled.

I'm not sure how exactly you go about making new friends without having that whole sleepless night with baby, teething, tanties thing to start conversations with. For those lucky enough to still have kept their coffee groups alive, the bonds are strong - you know, like 'they'll always have Paris' and to slot in would take some doing.

I guess I don't really like change, and perhaps I come across as standoffish, but the reality is that I have no idea on how, as an adult you start the conversation of "Hi, I'm Jo...... wanna be my friend".

So, Kidspot Mums, who wants to move to Whitianga? My parents business is for sale **insert real estate jingle here** - and I have Nescafe sachets - and Tim Tams !

Go JO!

Okay so this isn't a Mum's Say review, but I didn't know what else to put my review under.

I was so impressed by my trial bottle of BOSISTO'S EUCALYPTUS SPRAY that today I went to my local Chemist to see if they stocked any other Bosisto's products and they do!
They stock the Lavender spray and Oil and along with the Eucalyptus Spray, they stock the Eucalyptus Oil in the 100ml bottle... so I handed over my $15.95 and bought one!

It is so great! I have put two cap fulls in with my washing and it smells lovely and fresh! I also stole an idea from fgb's website and put some of the oil on some cotton balls and put them in the cage with my vacuum cleaner bags. Now my whole house smells lovely and fresh too!

There are so many different uses for this product that I can't wait to try and I have decided that next week, I will go back to the chemist to get the Lavender Spray and oil too! I couldn't afford to pay the $22 for the Lavender Spray today, but I am sure that if the other Bosisto's products are anything to go by, the Lavender Spray will be money well spent.

As you can tell, I am a thrifty creature and with three kids, two of them still in nappies, I don't just buy products willy nilly; they have to be worth every cent for me to part with my money!
The Bosisto's products in my opinion are!

I also appreciate that I could go to their website to find other ways to use their products and also to read testimonials from other consumers. (website is www.fgb.com.au)

Thanks once again to Kidspot and the Mums Say trials, I have found a fabulous set of products in the Bosisto's range which will from now on be permanently on the MumBum household shopping list!

The courier lady delivered the can of BOSISTOS EUCALYPTUS SPRAY just as I was changing the bedding on the babies beds.
It was the perfect chance to give their mattresses a spray and their soft toys too... what a wonderful fragrance and everything just "felt" cleaner straight away!

Sooo... I went a bit crazy and used it on EVERYTHING! And I mean everything from the Mr's shirt underarms, beds and pillows, the toilet, bathroom, kitchen and even on the toddlers little scratch on his hand from when he was playing. I LOVE it!!!
I have eczema on my hands which is so bad that I just have to LOOK at laundry powder or dish wash for my hands to crack, itch and then bleed! (Attractive I know!!!)
BOSISTOS EUCALYPTUS SPRAY had no effect on my skin at all! NONE! And I must mention that I cleaned almost everything with just it and a cloth, in fact I went so crazy with cleaning everything that the neighbors wouldve thought a family of Koalas had moved in!

I tried it on a few small carpet stains, and while it did get the stains out, it did take a lot of elbow grease (and I am WAY to lazy to do that every time my kids drop food on the floor.) So though I personally wont use it to treat carpet stains myself, it is good to know that it does do the job. :-)It is wonderful to have a product that has such a variety of uses!

I am going to get the BOSISTOS EUCALYPTUS OIL when I go to do the shopping tomorrow as I am really keen to try the woolen wash recipe that was included in the little leaflet which came with the can of spray... especially as our baby has developed a case of eczema (heaven only knows from where/what!) and I figure that traditional laundry powder wont help him any, and it is a good excuse to give the recipe a try!

I found that the children seemed to sleep more soundly last night, and the 8 year old who normally snores like a whale coming up for air, didnt snore as loud last night; as for the baby, (who is an absolutely painful sleeper, as in wakes at least three times a night!) fell into the deepest sleep with his breathing so quiet that I had to check if he was still breathing a few times! I thought that it may have been a combination of my spraying a bit in their bedroom along with the fact that I sprayed their mattresses and pillows too!

I have told my Mum about it and she is really keen to give it a go... I know that some people may think that $17.95 is a bit much to pay for a 200ml can, but in my opinion, it is worth spending the money when you look at all the different products it can replace! No longer would you need to buy separate air fresheners (priced at around $5 a can), sanitizing sprays (about $5 a bottle), laundry pre-wash stain removers (can be up to $7 a bottle), antiseptic sprays for cuts and bites (about $8 a bottle), carpet stain removers (which cost at least $8 a can or bottle), surface cleaners (depending on the brand these can cost around $10 or more for a decent strength one), massage balm for aching muscles (last time I bought some it cost me $13 for the tube), car cleaners (I have no idea how much these cost but I'd imagine them to be at least $10),and from the FGB website, this product has a whole lot of other uses too... all in one 200ml can, for $17.95! Ingenious!
I do have to calm down though as my whole house smells like a gum tree and I have been a bit excessive in my OCD cleaning with it... because it smells so clean and fresh and everything feels germ and bacteria free!

I love it so much that I am keen to buy the other Bosisto's products which are on the FGB website and are available in New Zealand...

My only real complaint is that its an Australian Product...but hey, nothing is perfect right!? ;-)

The courier turned up this avo (I'm told by some that says avo as in avocado but for the record, they're wrong). A lovely surprise to have a Mums say trial of a toy. We haven't had a toy to trial before and the kids were so excited. Well, Pocket was until I told her she had to wait for The Legend to come home from school before she could play it and a mini meltdown ensued. Whoops!

Anyhow, it was quite ironic receiving a board game to trial given the fact that just this morning I had spoken to my Mamma on the phone regarding Christmas ideas for the kids and coming to the conclusion that board games might be the go. Well, I guess she can cross Hungry Hungry Hippos off the list (not that it was on the list, but just incase you're reading this and take a fancy to it when you see it Ma).

After school can be trying at the best of times, but today was such a breeze with a new toy to play with. And this close to Christmas! Who would have thought two kids could be so lucky to have a new toy to play with only a few weeks out from the day the bearded man himself wings his way down under.

We were never one of those board game families when I grew up. We had a couple of games, but we didn't sit around that often and play them. And not cards either. Pick up 52 was popular there for a while, but of course the novelty of that wears thin fast.

So thanks to Kidspot and Hasbro, we now have one more game to add to our lilliputian boardgames collection. Let's just say when it comes to board games, our selection focuses on quality rather than quantity.

Go JO!