Well, hasn’t April gone by fast!? It always seems to be the same; I write these reviews more quickly each month, I’m sure of it! April has been a lovely month. We went away for 5 days to Center Parcs at Whinfell forest with Mr FC’s family and it was just wonderful. I love…
Archives for April 2018
Would You Start A Pension For Your Child?
Reading something on Facebook prompted this post, but it’s something that I had considered a bit ago and then forgot about. I think I thought it would stretch our finances a bit too much at this time, but I keep going back to the idea, so here we go. Would you start a pension…
What Would You Do With £1,000?
I talk a lot here at The Frugal Cottage about saving money, budgeting and early retirement. That’s the three strands I focus on most and have done right from the start. Posts about saving money on food, general money saving tips and investing for income are my most popular posts. But, I was reading…
How To Refocus When You Feel Like You’re Losing
Recently, I feel like I’m losing focus on our goals and am not trying enough to be able to achieve them. I think that little things can get in the way and you can lose track completely. I especially feel like this when I’m having a bad week eating wise; it’s so easy to throw…
Life Update #17
I cannot be the only one that finds it hard to believe we’re already a third of the way through April already?! The last time I did a life update, we were still in the early stages of having Frugal Baby around and sleep deprivation was all I could think about. One of the things…
A Guide To Investing With Steps to Investing
I have mentioned in previous blog posts that it took me a long time to start investing. I found the whole idea of investing quite scary. There were multiple warnings about the fact that you could lose your money and that you could get out much less than you put in. Putting the money that…
Dividend Income March 2018
The third month of the year is over which means I get to do another dividend income post. I just love writing these! It took me well over a year to pluck up the courage to open a stocks and shares ISA and get started, but I am so glad I did. I love…
April Aims
Hello April! I didn’t post my aims yesterday as it was Easter Sunday, so here they are instead. I can’t believe we’re already in the fourth month of 2018. How fast is this year going so far?! I seem to keep saying that a lot recently; I wonder if that’s a sign of getting older……
Happy Easter
Just popping on to wish you and your family happy Easter, if you celebrate it. We’re spending the day with Mr FC’s family, which includes doing a little Easter egg hunt for Frugal Toddler. I cannot wait 🙂 April aims up tomorrow! xx