Is an AirBnB side hustle worth it?
Welcome back to Rebecca Megson-Smith from Ridley Writes who recently gave AirBnB a try with her own home. I have always wondered if its worth it, the hassle, the income, the time. Rebecca shares her thoughts on this potential money making AirBnB side hustle. With the cost of living crisis hitting hard we’ve been looking […]
How To Save Money On Clothes
Welcome back Nicola from The Frugal Cottage with another frugal money saving article. One of the categories that people can spend so much on in their lifetime is clothes. Clothes shopping can suddenly see hundreds of pounds being spent in an afternoon. Often on items of clothing that we don’t need or already have something […]
Summary of the 2023 Spring Budget Announcement
It’s that time of the year for the chancellor to share his thoughts and plans on the UK economy and make some changes to the UK finances. What will he put into place to help us as this cost-of-living crisis continues? Every budget I like to watch the chancellor live and share in a simple […]
Ten Healthy Financial Habits
As part of my ten year celebration here is another post with ten tips, and I thought I should get backs to the basic and core of my brand and talk financial habits. Pick and choose some or all of these habits to get to a more financially healthy you. When we are financially balanced […]
International Women’s Day – Financial Empowerment for Women
I specialise in writing personal finance content particularly for women. I am passionate about sharing simple information that enables women to better understand perceived complex areas of personal finance. Equality in the world of finance is the aim, we are getting closer, but are still not at that stage. The more I and other wonderful […]
My TEN Proudest Moments of TEN Years of Mrs Mummypenny
I am excited to share this TEN list with you, a list that I have carefully been curating and thinking of for a while. My TEN proudest moments of Mrs Mummypenny. Made it moments, you might say. Or moments of validation where I know I made the right decision to quit the safety of the […]
Ten Business Learnings in Ten Years of Mrs MummyPenny
Can you actually believe it? This year Mrs MummyPenny turns ten, double digits for my business. June marks the passing of the ten years. Turn back time to that evening of wine with a best friend, randomly suggesting business names, Mrs Mummypenny stuck! The very next day the website was born and a Facebook page […]
Kids birthday party gift buying survival guide
It’s chaos. It’s Saturday morning and I’m flying through the supermarket, snatching at birthday cards and silently praying that they have something ‘good’ in the toy section that would make for a nice present. There’s maybe an hour till the birthday party my child was invited to (three weeks ago) starts. It’s not a look […]
How to get married for less than £30 a head
Painting and decorating duo Rebekah and Lee are proving that despite the cost of living crisis it is still possible to have the wedding of their dreams on a budget. With 110 guests attending, theirs isn’t a small affair. Having invested their time in planning and by accepting support and help from their friends and […]
How to do Valentine’s on a budget
We all ‘know’ on one level that the amount of money we spend on someone doesn’t actually equate to the amount we love them (or the amount they love us). But it’s worth spending a moment pondering this. Money-Love Equation The Money-Love equation breaks down two-ways. Firstly, we experience fear that the other person will […]
How To Meal Plan
One of the areas that can really make or break a budget is the food shop. With the deals, the extras and the items handily placed at the checkout, it can soon cost a fortune even when you didn’t really need much. So, what can you do about that? One of the easiest ways to […]
How to make Slow Cooker mushroom risotto
I love a risotto but they can take an age with all the stirring! This slow cooker recipe takes pretty much all the hard work out of making a risotto but is still packed full of flavour. Meaty Mushrooms Over the past few years, like many people, I’ve been trying to do more to take […]