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The Savvy Scot

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Viewing posts tagged with: Saving Money

Saving Money at Baby Showers

By Pauline

Baby Showers

    Good morning every one, this is a guest post from Glen, he is the owner of www.howtosavemoney.guru, a personal finance website dedicated to helping people save money and find financial freedom. Glen recently paid off over $300,000 in mortgage debt within 7 years, and he wants to share his money saving tips with others… Read more

Filed Under: Saving Money Tagged With: Baby Showers, pregnant woman, Saving Money, saving tips

A lifetime of savings part 4: smart money moves in your 50s

By Pauline

A lifetime of savings part 4: smart money moves in your 50s

While in the past we have discussed the importance of saving money in your 40s, as well as how critical is to to financially plan and be smart about how to save money in your 30s, today we’ll follow up on the next decade of your life. That’s right, you’re about to turn 50! But… Read more

Filed Under: Personal Finance Tagged With: 50, lifetime savings, Money, Saving Money, smart money, taxes

Are Daily Discount / Deal Sites still Worthwhile?

By savvyscot

Daily deal sites have been around for a number of years now. The advertiser offers a huge discount – sometimes in excess of 50% – in an attempt to market a product or service and get you to come back for more. In effect, they are often not making any money (in some cases maybe… Read more

Filed Under: Saving Money Tagged With: deal site bargains, deal sites, online butcher, online wines, Saving Money, saving money with deal sites

4 Ways to Save Money This Summer

By savvyscot

Save Money This Summer

Summer time and the living is easy…. yeah freaking right! This song definitely needs updated to consider the recession and the fact that so many young people are struggling to get jobs. While summer is definitely my favourite time of year, there is always the temptation to spend lots of extra money. Here are my… Read more

Filed Under: Entertainment, Personal Finance, Saving Money Tagged With: bbq cost, save money at summer, save money on bbq, save money on commuting, save money on water, Saving Money, saving money in summer, summer saving tips

The Evolution of Communication

By savvyscot

Communication

It is safe to say that the concept of a mobile phone has been completely revolutionised over  the last decade. What used to be a brick that we could use to make the occasional call or send a clunky text message has now become a ‘smartphone’ – a device that we have access to email,… Read more

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: cheap and free calls, cut down calling charges, evolution, improve personal finance, no more expensive phone bills, Saving Money

3 Bad Habits That Blow Your Budget

By savvyscot

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

Filed Under: Personal Finance, Saving Money Tagged With: cost of gambling, costs of smoking, eating out cost, gambling, habit for holiday, planning a budget, quit smoking calculator, quit smoking cost, Saving Money, saving quitting smoking, smoking, things that blow your budget, top 3 things that blow your budget

5 Reasons Why Savings Are Important

By savvyscot

We all know how important savings are... or at least we have probably been told this throughout our lives. But why?

We all know how important savings are… or at least we have probably been told this throughout our lives. But why? Why should we put money away that we could spend now? Why sacrifice buying  things when you could have them now? Why live frugal when you can live in luxury? I don’t claim to… Read more

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Quickest Ways to Save Money

By savvyscot

Quickest Ways to Save Money

There’s a strong element of truth in that old saying, “Look after the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves”.  If you are struggling to save enough money for that deposit on a house, or towards your next holiday, here are some tips for how you can build your savings as quickly as possible…. Read more

Filed Under: Guest Posts, Saving Money Tagged With: quick ways to save money, save cash now, Save Money, Save Money immediately, save money now, Saving Money, top ways to save, top ways to save money

I’ve Got my Baby Back :)

By savvyscot

I’ve Got my Baby Back :)

As my regular readers will know (I have some of those now 😀 ) Mrs Scot was in a car accident on Thursday evening 🙁 – The car is badly damaged – both airbags went off, bumper / bonnet ruined, possible cracked radiator… – and is currently at the insurer’s garage being assessed. Given that… Read more

Filed Under: Adrenaline Junkie, Personal Finance, Saving Money, Transport Tagged With: Bike Repairs, DIY Repairs, Motorbike Repairs, Saving Money, Yamaha R1, Yamaha R1 repair

Mix Match – A Free University Course / Car Updates / Presenting Tip / My Blog is Growing!

By savvyscot

Free University Courses: No this is not a catchy title to try and get people to read my blog – today The  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has launched its first free course – MITx, an electronics course – which is entirely virtual. MIT aim to ‘shatter the barriers of education’. While there already hundreds of… Read more

Filed Under: Education, Futurism, Insurance, Personal Finance, Saving Money, Self Development Tagged With: Education, Free University Course, Insurance, Saving Money

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