9 Years of Mrs Mummypenny – My nine biggest learnings in business
June sees my wonderful business and fourth child, Mrs Mummypenny turn nine years old. I have a business the same age as my youngest child and I am incredibly proud of what I have achieved, the people I have helped and the financial success of my business. But it hasn’t always been plain sailing. I […]
Monday Money #195 Half Term Expenses
Hands up if you spent a small fortune last week during half term and the Jubilee weekend?? Me, 100%. I have just updated my spending diary as I do every Monday and have added up all the spending. This process might be painful, but its worth doing to draw a line under the last week. […]
Monday money #194 – Do What You Love
It has been another busy week in the Cost of Living Crisis World. Finally we saw a glimmer of help from the government with £400 grants being given to everyone in the Autumn, plus extra help weighted towards people on benefits. But it’s not enough, as I shared in my viewpoint post for The Mirror […]
Do what makes you happy: Strategies for choosing your path….
A post from my collaborator, friend and writer Rebecca Megson-Smith. What advice were you given as a teenager about the jobs you could do when you were older? Were you told you should do what makes you happy? Something you loved? Something you found fun? I’d hazard a guess that, like me, ‘happiness, love and […]
Monday Money #193 – Lots of Radio and TV!
A low spending week, finally yes. It was a busy work week for media appearance and great week for exercise and no alcohol. I managed to spend just £230 and this even included £45 of savings into my Sprive mortgage over payment (use code MUMPENNY to get FREE £5 credited to your account) and into […]
Going Green is Time Consuming and Expensive – or is it?
I sit here writing this article on a very long train journey to the Isles of Scilly from Hertfordshire. The total journey time is six hours by train plus three hours by boat. I have chosen to get the train and the boat rather than drive and fly to do my bit for the environment. […]
Monday Money #192 High Spending Week
I recently spent a week on the isles of Scilly and spent a lot of time walking, thinking and talking. A discussion that stands out is with my friend Charlie who joined me for some of the holiday, we were talking about how we spend money. I shared that I often feel guilty about spending […]
Monday Money #191 Back from Holidays
I’ve not posted a Monday Money article for a few weeks so this is a big catch up with TONS of money saving ideas and a catch up of a month of spending. I added up all my spending and was pleased to see that despite me being on holiday for 10 days of the […]
Overcoming your creative block
Rebecca Megson-Smith shares her thoughts, inspiration and guidance on creative block. She is an author and writing coach and has coached many people through this difficult time and watched her clients glide out of the process full of ideas and creativity to carry on with their projects. Over to Rebecca. Overcoming your creative block Are […]
The most valuable and rare UK coins
Here is a list of the most valuable coins at the moment. I wonder if any of you have them? There are a number of coins – both pre-decimal and decimal – that have increased in value by up to several thousand per cent due to their rareness. Outlined below are a number of examples […]
Fashionista’s Guide to Designer Sales in the UK: What to Buy
Do you consider yourself a fashion enthusiast but can’t always afford designer price tags? Don’t stress – there are plenty of ways to bag the latest designer gear at a fraction of the original price, starting with designer sales. These events only happen a few times a year, but the UK has a range of […]
Monday Money #190 Easter Holidays
Our Easter holidays started a week ago, a week behind most of the country it appears. In order to help out and give ideas to the nation I wrote this article for the Mirror, TEN free things to do with the children. I absolutely did some of these last week. We did some free stuff, […]