Our No Spend Weekend including Football and a Birthday Sleepover
Our No Spend Weekend including Football and a Birthday Sleepover Weekends are often the same in our household. Saturdays are a mega busy day normally getting two boys to two different locations for football and then Sundays are travelling normally to Cambridge for Dylan the eldest son’s football game for Cambridge United. This weekend included […]
Eight top tips for selling your house when it has been for sale for a while
Eight top tips for selling your house when it has been for sale for a while Our house has been on the market for four months and it has not yet sold. We have had plenty of viewings but no offers and very little feedback as to what the viewers are not liking about the […]
How Does Aldi Lacura Serum compare to Rodial Serum?
How Does a £7.99 Aldi Lacura Serum compare to a £190 Rodial Serum? A few months ago now I was asked by Aldi to do a skincare test for them. They wanted to use a real-life example of a person with normal skin to compare some very expensive skincare to the new Aldi Cuvee range […]
What Awkward Moments have your children caused this week?
What Awkward Moments have your children caused this week? With Pukka Pies. We all experience those awkward moments with our children, don’t we? A common occurrence for us, is walking around the supermarket, particularly when the boys were younger and would comment LOUDLY, on everything different they saw in how people looked. My top tip with […]
How to make hundreds selling unwanted stuff from your home
How to make hundreds selling unwanted stuff from your home I am on a mad selling spree at the moment. Its the perfect time to declutter and sell your stuff that has been hanging around for far too long used and unwanted. Now is the time when people are looking for second hand Christmas gifts […]
5 frugal things post 50 – Walking and Roast Chicken
5 frugal things post 50 – Walking and Roast Chicken This week started with meeting a good friend for lunch. I met with Heather whom I used to work with at EE. We both quit to explore the self employed work. Heather qualified at a hypnotherapist. We meet up regularly for lucnh or coffee and […]
How you can save money on contact lenses
How you can save money on contact lenses Every week I check my Bean personal finance tool to see if there is any monthly bill that is costing too much or ready to be cancelled. The bill that I have highlighted to be dealt with this week is my contact lenses. I have a direct […]
No Bull Fitness Opens New Gym in Pin Green Stevenage
No Bull Fitness Pin Green Stevenage Are you sick of the traditional chain gyms that all look and feel the same with the same equipment, that endless stream of treadmills and bad showers? It’s time for something new in Stevenage. The owners of Not Bull fitness have expanded. They have moved on from their Bennington […]
The stages of grief and the repercussions throughout life
The stages of grief and the repercussions throughout life I wrote this post back in June as I sat in a caravan in the middle of nowhere in Cornwall. I was away on a hen weekend, a very thought provoking and enlightening weekend, and it drove me to write this post. Its been sat in […]
5 frugal things post 49 Pizza, birthday money and eBay
5 frugal things post 49 Pizza, birthday money and eBay I am mega late in posting my 5 frugal things for last week, but here it is. I know these post are popular so here are the things I have done to save or make money. eBay sales Sunday was a big day for eBay […]
Will a Smart Meter save you money on your energy bills?
We have a smart meter! We recently did our annual energy switch in August and moved over to Octopus Energy. It has been an extremely seamless and simple move over and so far, customer service has exceeded my expectations. Unfortunately, my bills have gone up. I had such a good deal last year that even […]
Money Making Madness Linky #9
Money Making Madness Linky #9 Welcome to Money Making Madness Linky #9, a bi-weekly round up of some fantastic money making blog posts written by bloggers from all over the world. With plenty more exciting content to give you plenty of money making ideas. I loved the post last week from Thrifty Mum on how […]