Being a Brit is quite hard at the moment as we cannot get away from Brexit. We should have left the EU last week but we haven’t and we still don’t have a deal to agree on or work towards. We might leave on April 12th, we might leave next month, or we might […]
Interior Design On A Budget
This is a collaborative post If you’ve read any of my previous posts about our intention to move to Cumbria and the Lake District then you’ll know before we are in a position to move we need to spend time refreshing our house. Unless you are an interior design fanatic, houses can […]
Stop The January Blues With Holiday Plans
January Holidays Now I don’t know about you but we have never gone on holiday in January. To me it has never made sense because I’ve always had at least a couple of days off over the Christmas and New Year period. Why would you want to go on holiday just a couple of weeks later? […]
Home Improvements Both Now And The Future
We have had a long term goal of saving enough money in order to retire super early and move to the Lake District in Northern England. Our goal of moving to the countryside has been 12 years in the making and over the years it has changed and become focused on The Lake District. Previous […]
8 Frugal Wedding Tips To Keep Costs Down
This is a collaborative post Being frugal doesn’t mean you can’t splash out on big ticket items when you want to. Indeed it can often mean that you have the money in savings in order to do just that. The thing is when you are used to saving money you are less likely to ‘splash […]
Plan Your Last Minute Christmas Savvy Shopping
Christmas is almost here! I’m sure you are aware of that but are you done and ready for Christmas? I’ve been so disorganised this year that what would have been bought, wrapped and under the tree for some relatives is currently still on the shop shelf! Yikes! As a parent of young children I tried […]