Living the good life on a budget.
Today’s guest post is written by Matt Sanders from GoCompare – thanks Matt! These days it’s possible to insure pretty much anything – from pampered pets to a premiership football player’s goal-scoring foot. Whatever the insurance policy, the reason behind it usually boils down to one thing – providing peace of mind. And…
Today’s post is written by Our Next Life, another couple who are focusing on early retirement. Please stop by their blog; there’s some great articles to read on there! Thank you, Nicola, for inviting us to guest post while you’re on maternity leave! We love your blog and the way you see the…
Today I have Natalya from Cottage Retreatist guest posting about debt and her journey. Thanks Natalya for the article! First off thank you so much to Nicola for inviting me to write a guest post for Frugal Cottage. Nicola asked me if I wouldn’t mind writing something about debt as it is a topic…
Hobbies are often thought of to be the activities of people with more time on their hands, who lead more relaxed lives or who are perhaps retired already. Children are often made to try lots of different hobbies, when younger to gain knowledge and different skills. But, as an adult with a full time job,…
Summer is here, finally, so that means time spent outside, enjoying the weather, eating lots of summery foods, including BBQ food and ice-cream, and having fun with the family. But, with the children off school and boredom potentially setting in, the summer holidays can fast become a very expensive time for most families. However,…
I spend a lot of my spare time reading blogs online and one area of the blogsphere that I am spending more and more time in is the simple living hemisphere. As someone who is constantly trying to simplify our lives and slow down on the everyday things that make our lives, there are some…
Today I’m welcoming the lovely Eleanor from Creative Countryside to talk about simple living. If you haven’t been over to her site, you need to have a visit! You’ve probably heard of simple living, of conscious living and of mindful living, but what remains less well known is the concept of slow living. Shifting…
When looking at spending categories within your budget, it can often be quite easy to over look things, especially if the costs are relatively small. Categories such as your mortgage payment of rent, council tax and electric are bigger, important payments that happen every month and so are easy to remember. But what about the…
Paying off debt, increasing savings and aiming for early retirement generally have one thing in common: time. In fact, they all require, in the majority of cases, a long time to complete. Some journeys are going to be shorter than others, but they all require planning and dedication to sticking it out over the long…
It seems strange in this day and age, when so many things are accepted as normal and people are more open about talking about a variety of topics than ever before, that the topic of money is still considered a taboo. In fact, people get very cagey when asked about money and quite defensive, as…
