Living the good life on a budget.
Ever since I can remember, I have been an organiser. I make lists, tick off things, file things and sort things into categories; organising aspects of our life makes me happy. I used to love the start of term at school, when you could buy your new pencil case with pencils and pens, a new…
This week has, thankfully, been one of little excitement and generally ordinary. Nothing spectacular has happened; we’ve just been at work all week. This weekend has seen us spend time with family and friends, enjoying the weather and good company. Another week for bump to grow and another week closer to the due date, which…
I am so excited that I can finally start to post about our Ultimate Dream Fund, as this means that it has finally got off the mark and is no longer at zero! I’m going to post updates on our fund for two reasons; one, so that I can show that living a frugal lifestyle…
Hello June! A new month, which I’m hoping will be much better than the last. As the days tick away, our due date gets ever closer, so June will be about getting organised; sorting the nursery out and having a general tidy up/sort out of our house. Again, it is another month where both my and…
The Frugal Cottage is 1 year today! I bought the domain on May 31st, and posted my first post on June 1st, which is a year ago today. I have been formulating plans around a blog for some time, though it took me a while to bite the bullet and actually set one up. I…
May is over and to be honest, I’ll be glad to see the back of it. It’s definitely been a month of ups and downs, as you’ll see from my aims for the month. Combine that with a scare with bump and it’s been a month I’d rather move on from, if I’m honest. Our spending has…
One of the important things I talk about on this blog is making memories, gaining experiences and having a good time, whilst on a budget. I think that, although we are focusing on early retirement and therefore savings/investments, having a good life along the way as equally important. This is a different type of post…
Food shopping is a cost that every single household faces, whether you’re a single person, a family of four or a newly married couple. Food budgets can vary massively from household to household, but there is one problem that all households are facing, and that’s the rising cost of food. Food is a basic human…
The second half of this week has been particularly difficult, so I am incredibly grateful that is now the weekend. The first half of the week went by quite slowly, and it was the same old, same old. On Thursday, I had a routine antenatal appointment, but that is where things went a bit off…
Hello everyone! Today’s post is a guest post written by Brian who blogs over at Debt Therapy Scotland – please visit his site for some good tips on managing debt. Enjoy! Learning to live frugally so that you get the most value out of your money is a great thing to do, whether you…
