Fact of life: we all need a job to earn money, and there are plenty out there. But genuine flexible work from home jobs? They are a little harder to find. I’ve always loved the idea of flexible jobs and working hours that you can set to fit your family. But I spent way too […]
How To Do Christmas Cheap: Without Feeling Like Scrooge
Christmas can be a wonderful time, a time to make memories and see family. But not when you are struggling with money and wondering how to do Christmas cheap. That’s when it becomes a stressful time, when you are constantly worrying about money. I hate it when people feel they must spend a certain amount […]
Best 11 Habits Of Frugal People That You Need To Know
We all know that frugal people are great at saving money, so if we want to save money then we should plan on coping their habits. Why reinvent the wheel if frugal people have already done it? Anything that makes saving money easier has got to be worth doing, right? And that is what habits […]
9 Things I Refuse To Buy This Christmas
I’m no Scrooge but shopping for Christmas brings out the grumpy side in me. I can’t help it although I do try. These days Christmas is all consuming and everyone feels like they must splash their cash on anything and everything to do with Christmas to stop people from calling them a skinflint or Scrooge. […]
How To Save For Christmas? 6 Easy Steps To Debt Free Festivities
We both know Christmas is on the same day every year don’t we? So why do we we worry about how to save for Christmas, every year? It’s so easy to think in December, next year will be different. Next year I’ll start saving for Christmas in January. Next year I’ll be Mrs. Organized and […]
How To Save Electricity Doing Absolutely Nothing
Am I really saying that you can save electricity by doing absolutely nothing? Yes, I am. Not only that but when you save electricity, you save money. And what’s even better than just saving money, not using as much electricity is good for the environment, as you are using less fossil fuels. But really? How […]
23 Reasons You Are Stuck Being Broke And How To Fix It
Being broke is hard. Very hard. As a teenage single mum I spent time on welfare benefits and hated the feeling of trying to eek out my pennies until my next payment. I always ran out of money long before I should have. I was struggling financially at a time when I didn’t really know […]
How To Manage Money As A Couple: 9 (Successful) Strategies
Love and money go together like strawberries and cream. Or do they? How couples manage money with the one they love can be as varied as there are varieties of fruit. When you hook up with your life partner, grilling them about how much money they have and debt is not something you step lightly […]
15 Money Affirmations That Will Inspire Your Life
Do money affirmations really work? Like in the real world, not just a woo-woo, fluffy world? And will they help you to save money and get out of debt? For a long time, too long, money scared me. I never had enough of it, when I had money it got spent, far too quickly. I […]
99 Super Productive Things To Do (Without Spending Money)
Has your mind drawn a blank? You’re desperate to be doing SOMETHING and you want to write a list of super productive things to do, yet right now you have drawn a complete blank. What do you do with your time when you have vowed to quit spending money you don’t have? Are you supposed […]