Instant Gratification versus Delayed Gratification
Instant Gratification versus Delayed Gratification Back in early January I attended an event with B bank where they launched their B-tox challenge. I wrote about this challenge here with some simple changes you might want to make to reduce your monthly spend and maybe start saving or paying a bigger chunk of your debt repayment. […]
5 Reasons to Lay Artificial Grass in a Family Home
5 Reasons to Lay Artificial Grass in a Family Home One of the best investments we have made in our home was to have our garden levelled out and had astro-turf laid. We did try the cheaper option of turf for maybe 6 months but it was soon clear this was wasted money. I have […]
Saving Energy and leftover food | 5 Frugal Things post 60
This week has been a week of buckling down and meeting some deadlines. I am notoriously bad at planning ahead and often find myself writing a post on the day it needs to be published. This week I have had to be better at planning this week as a few pieces of work have needed […]
5 Top Tips to Save Money on a new Kitchen Design
5 Top Tips to Save Money on a new Kitchen Design Our kitchen is the heart of our home. When we moved in to our house it was a tiny galley kitchen that felt cramped and unwelcoming. There was very little surface space and not enough cupboard space. We were desperate to change it and it […]
A personal finance savings mission – including a Junior ISA
A personal finance savings mission – including a Junior ISA I am on a savings mission this January. There are several things that I want to save for so I am experimenting with setting up a range of different savings products. I currently have a significant amount of money saved up in my business savings […]
Big Energy Saving Week – It’s time to switch your energy company
Big Energy Saving Week Today, 22nd January 2018, marks the start of the Big Energy Saving Week, brought to you by the Energy Saving Trust along with Citizens Advice and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. This is big campaign to encourage you, yes you, reading this post to switch your energy company. […]
5 Frugal Things Post 59 – Pressure cookers and Instagram
5 Frugal Things Post 59 – Pressure cookers and Instagram I am feeling like January is going really quickly, which can only be a good thing. I would love for these cold days to end, mainly because of the standing outside at football games and training that I have to do several times a week! […]
“If you don’t ask, you don’t get” and other fab motivational phrases
“If you don’t ask, you don’t get” and other fab motivational phrases I love a motivational phrase to turn to in times of doubt or challenge. I have lived my life following a few but one that stands out is ‘If you don’t ask, you don’t get’. Much of my life has been lived being […]
5 simple changes you can make to save you cash – The B-tox challenge.
5 simple changes you can make to save you cash – The B-tox challenge. Many people get the fear when you talk to them about saving money. The response is often, it’s going to take me so much time to sort out an energy company switch or to negotiate a better price with your broadband […]
5 Frugal Things Post 58 – Exercise, clothes and Charity
5 Frugal Things Post 58 – Exercise, clothes and Charity This week has been the first full week back to normality. It has been a proper hectic week with many football commitments and a lot of work coming in, There have been many hours driving and many hours sat at the computer. All good of […]
5 Ways Technology Can Boost Your Health
5 Ways Technology Can Boost Your Health Technology often gets a bad rep as being bad for our health, and that can undoubtedly be the case. If you spend too much time on your smartphone comparing yourself to others, then you could develop mental health issues, or simply just neglect to get enough exercise, or […]
How is Everything going with our Cambridge United Football Academy Boys?
How is Everything going with our Cambridge United Football Academy Boys? I thought it was time to write another update on how the boys are doing with their football and their training at Cambridge United. I wrote a post a while ago about the realities of being a football parent and its commitments, its helped […]