How does shared ownership work?
If you are looking to get onto the property ladder, you will have probably heard of the shared ownership scheme. Since its introduction back in the 1970s, it has grown and grown in popularity and has now established itself as a solid and reliable affordable purchasing option for those who may be struggling to raise […]
Monday Money #172 Spending diary & COP26
WHAT A WEEK! Last week I was given the opportunity of a lifetime to go to Glasgow for COP26 – the UN Climate Change conference. It was all very last minute, and was born after a tweet about a conversation I had with Dr Dave, husband of Rebecca whom I stayed with in Bristol last […]
Monday Money #171 An Incredible Week – Glastonbury & Bristol
I love how life can go from the awful to the sublime. Last week I wrote about an awful week. And it was truly awful. This week I write about the most amazing week, full of love, joy, inspiration and reflection. I had three days of much work. Several deadlines coincided with half term. My […]
Compassion and Self-Forgiveness
I have just spent the past two days indulging in myself. Two days in the mystical, magic lands of Glastonbury and Avalon. Attending a Yoni Oracle workshop was the highlight of the two days. Six hours with my friend Georgie who birthed the Yoni Oracle cards and a circle of women who poured their souls […]
Halloween Ideas – Craft, Food, Pumpkins, Facepaint & Spider Hairbuns
A refresh of a Halloween post from the past. It goes back to a time when I actually held a Halloween party!! Here are some of my halloween ideas for this year. Best Shops for Halloween Tat I’ve been trawling through the tons of stuff in the shops. Its everywhere, literally everywhere. If you want […]
Monday Money #170 Spending Diary – An Awful Week
Why do we have days where it feels like everything goes wrong? Tuesday last week was that day in an awful week. My insomnia was terrible last week. I was beyond tired and surviving on very little sleep, sometimes just three hours a night. This IS NOT ENOUGH sleep. Tuesday started with an important face […]
Monday Money #169 Spending Diary – A girlie weekend in Exeter
Ooooohhh I’ve just had the loveliest weekend away. I have to admit divorce with a 50/50 childcare arrangement is rather lovely. I get a five day break to myself every two weeks and I make the most of it. I drove to Taunton on Friday to see my step-mum for dinner and a bed for […]
I was SO CLOSE to being Scammed by a FAKE Investing Instagram account
I get up at 5/5:30 am most days and yep the first thing I do is check my mobile phone messages. Don’t judge me. I noticed that a BIG Podcaster/Instagram account had followed me overnight. A man, Peter McCormack @whatbitcoindid whom I had listened to being interviewed by Claer Barrett on the FT Podcast last […]
The State Pension Challenge – The Results – The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
From 27th September to 3rd October 2021, I took part in a State Pension Challenge. I lived off £179.60 for 7 days alongside Faith Archer from Much More With Less in collaboration with PensionBee. The £179.60 was to include bills for the week and all food, travel, social life. A tricky challenge, right? YES! I […]
Monday Money #168 Spending Diary – Low Spending Week recovery
Another week and the energy crisis rumbles on. I have just been on BBC Radio London to talk to Eddie Nestor about the crisis, what can people do to avoid paying more. It’s a difficult subject because the reality is that gas is a limited resource, supply is restricted and therefore prices go up. Our […]
The Benefits of a 28-day alcohol free challenge
I have written previously about my evolution into healthy living during 2021. Read the full story here, in summary everything shifted in July at a festival of all places. That was the time I decided life had to change. I had to get fit and healthy again both in body and mind. The two months […]
Monday Money #167 Challenge time – Did I survive the State Pension Challenge?
Oh my.. what a week. I has a hugely busy week with work, a busy social week, I wasn’t drinking (still not drinking until 16th Oct), I had £83 to last me seven days for the state pension challenge with PensionBee, my house purchase is collapsing around me and a few family issue to add […]