Living the good life on a budget.
Today’s post is by Fiona, who writes about saving money, frugal living and making money from home on her blog www.savvyinsomerset.com. After mortgage or rent payments, the weekly shop is most families biggest expense. With unstable weather conditions (think last years very cold winter followed by an extremely hot summer) and the uncertainty of Brexit…
I have had an increasing number of messages asking if I would do a post on my portfolio. My dividend income reports are some of my most read posts, which makes me so happy as I love writing them! But I realise that by posting them, does not tell the entire story. I started…
Today’s article is a guest post from Sara Williams, who blogs about everything to do with debt at Debt Camel. I read Nicola’s recent post Why Financial Knowledge Should Be Part Of Your Self Care Routine and you might be surprised that I liked the fact that she didn’t mention knowing about your credit…
Happy Sunday! I hope you’ve had a good week? Ours has just been a quiet one thankfully, though the weather has been awful. We have our heating set quite low in the summer months but it has clicked on occasionally this week, which just shows how cold it has been, especially at night time. It’s…
Today’s post is from Simon over at Pennies for the Piggy Bank, a blog about simple tips to help you save and make money. Being frugal is often misunderstood and seen as “tight” or “cheap”. However, what being frugal really means to me, is making the most of the money you do have by…
I have been watching the news this past week with interest; the sudden fall from grace that Neil Woodford has seemingly done. It started with investors pulling millions of pounds from his funds and ended, at this point, with any trading within his funds to be stopped, so that investors cannot even get their money…
Today’s post is a guest post by my blogging friend Lynn. Lynn is an award-winning personal finance writer and commentator. She is the founder of www.mrsmummypenny.co.uk. A blog established in 2013 that encourages healthy wealth, body and mind. She regularly features in newspapers and as a commentator on BBC Radio & TV. She also presents…
While your food bill may shock you each week, when you get into the kitchen, you can still overspend. A few changes in your habits can see you saving money in no time. Meal plan Meal planning may sound like a chore, but when you get started, you’ll realise how much money (as well…
Another month is over which means time for my favourite update. It honestly makes me so happy writing these updates; it proves that our plan is working. The one thing I’m trying to not do with my investment account is check it daily. Purely because that shares go up and down all of the time,…
Hello June! I am not at all sad that May is over; I have really struggled for the past month so I’m glad it’s a new one. June should be fairly quiet (I hope) as we don’t have anything on. Just the usual work/home routine. I’m going to take it a day at a time…
