Renovating can be a stressful time as it saps up all your time, energy and cash. Have a think about where to spend, where to save, what tasks to outsource and what you can you do yourself before starting on the big job. Garden When it comes to the garden there is plenty you… Read more
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Making the Most of Your Savings
So you’ve made a budget and now have the capacity to put some money away each month, or perhaps you’ve come into some money unexpectedly. The question is: what do you do with it? You sure as heck don’t want to spend it all or inflate your lifestyle. All of you responsible readers know that… Read more
How I Live Within My Means
Going to go off on a little bit of a tangent before we get into this post… Long term readers of this blog will know that I have a long commute to and from work. Between the two of us, we travel almost 140 miles every day. Not only is this costly from a fuel… Read more
Divorce and save money? Match made in heaven!
Most of us think of filing for a divorce as an expensive and emotional process. While the latter is most certainly true, the former doesn’t have to be your reality. There are many ways to save throughout the divorce process so that you come out ahead—with or without the court ruling in your favour. I… Read more
Top Money Saving Tips for Appliances
One tip that covers all appliances and a great place to start is looking at energy efficiency. Manufactures have become aware of the competitive requirement to produce appliances that are efficient and cheap to run. You have no doubt seen energy efficiency stickers everywhere. From buildings to appliances, energy is everyone’s business these days: But……. Read more
3 Bad Habits That Blow Your Budget
We all have at least one bad habit. For me, it is nail biting. No matter how hard I try – including using ‘stop n grow’ and similar products – I just can’t seem to kick it! Each time that my hand goes near my mouth, my loved ones nag me not to.. especially Mrs… Read more
A Mobile Phone Dilemma
I make no secret about the fact that I love technology. As well as being an adrenaline junkie, I am a self-confessed geek! I work with Technology & have had a strong interest from a very young age. At about 8 years old I used all my persuasion skills to convince my Dad that we… Read more
5 Energy Saving Gadgets for A New Year
We are all still in the mind set of ‘New Year, New Me’. When it comes to making financial goals, there are endless possibilities of ways to cut down on spending. Given that January is typically a cold month for us in the UK and across the pond, saving money on energy is very relevant…. Read more
Credit Card Shopping Has Never Been Easier
We have all heard of Gangnam Style… Today my friend Gary is going to talk to you about about credit cards CANADIAN STYLE!! To all my Canadian readers – Love you guys! 🙂 When you plan to acquire and use a credit card, the process has traditionally been a matter of speaking with a provider… Read more
Avoiding Stereotypes at Christmas
Christmas is a time when even the most disciplined of savers can be tested to their limits. Kids can be very persuasive in getting what they want; from expensive toys to the latest video games, it is sometimes too easy to give in. After all, we don’t want our kids to feel hard done by… Read more
SALLTYE – Spend A Lot Less Than You Earn
Personal Finance is freaking boring!!!! From the outset, personal finance is exactly that – boring. A mundane administrative task that nobody wants to do. Most of us sit in front of spread sheets all day at work – why would we want to come home and start again? We all have different financial situations, but… Read more
Change Your Life – Step 8 Become Better with Money
Ok, first of all it’s time to play catchup: Part 1 – Exercise Part 2 – Eating Healthily Part 3 – Get Knowledge Part 4 – Your Appearance Part 5 – Learn New Skills Part 6 – Fix Your Wardrobe Part 7 – Improve Your Social Life You guys effectively get a free pass… Read more