Saving Money

The weeks just fly past don’t they?  I feel like I have only just finished the last of these posts and here we are again.  Anyway I really enjoyed writing last week’s post so I am looking forward to writing my meal planning post for this week.   A review of last week Generally everything […]

As it is the summer holidays and I’ve got a bit of extra time on my hands, I thought I’d go full out this week and do my first ever Frugal Friday Five post. Although this is not my most frugal week ever (think: buying new garden furniture and an impromptu BBQ) there have still

I love meal planning!  It is something I started doing at the start of this year when I realised that our grocery spending was out of control and so was our food waste.  I had started doing a regular week shop online through Tesco just before my youngest was born.  But every week I was

The Sun is shining, my front lawn has dried to a crisp, and we’ve just had the Summer Solstice so I am asking you this question: “are you financially prepared for Christmas?”  Yes I’m being serious!   The big day is less than six months away and with only five pay days (or less) to

I might have a mild obsession with books that promise to be life changing.  I believe every one of them.  I get sucked in.  I do all the things they tell me, then convince other people that they need to read them too.  I’m always slightly disappointed when other people don’t experience the same earth-shattering