Autumn Essential Clothes Shopping
Autumn Essential Clothes Shopping I don’t tend to buy many clothes for myself. The priority for clothes recently has been the boys. They have needed new football kits, school shoes, school polo shirts. That was £400 gone on an assortment of new things for the boys. In addition to back to school and back to […]
5 Frugal Things post 46 Weekend Treats and SAD
5 Frugal Things post 46 Weekend Treats and SAD The No spend month of September continues. No spending is tough. Really hard. Not going to lie. But I am getting creative with ways of doing stuff or getting things without spending money. By the way no spend does not include travel to work or groceries! […]
Debt confessions of a Personal Finance Blogger – A set back
Debt confessions of a Personal Finance Blogger – A set back I have another confession to make, as one of my hero’s Dave Grohl said. I have messed up my cash flow and it has impacted my progression with my debt repayment. The worlds of personal and business finance entwine.
Money Making Madness Linky #7
Money Making Madness Linky #7 Whoop to lucky number 7 and welcome to our latest Money Making Madness Linky #7, a fortnightly 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 reading […]
Hertfordshire family days out – Paradise Park
Hertfordshire family days out – Paradise Park We recently visited one of our favourite parks in Hertfordshire. We had a wonderful day out at Paradise Park on perhaps the hottest day of the summer on bank holiday Monday. How that heat feels like a long time ago! Here we are with this beautiful lion sculpture. […]
Two years in business for Mrs Mummypenny
Two years in business for Mrs Mummypenny The end of August saw me hit a major milestone. Mrs Mummypenny has been trading for two years. This is a major achievement in the world of small business as unfortunately most businesses do fail in that first two years. People lose inspiration and motivation, and let’s be […]
5 frugal things post 45 – No spend week & Personal Finance Tools
5 frugal things post 45 Back to school, ah a sigh of relief as the boys are dropped off. Finally aged forty and ten years after starting the baby journey all three boys are now at school, the same school and I have 6 hours every day to myself. The first week has been staggered […]
How to sell a house – Mrs Mummypenny
How to sell a house Our house is for sale. Did you know? I’m sure you did as I bang on about it a lot! I wanted to share my advice on how to sell a house. Our house is back on the market again with @eMoov. This is the front cover shot. I’ll pop […]
A new Personal Finance Software tool – Bean.
A new Personal Finance Software Tool – Bean I am often asked my top tips to save money and my reply is always the same. Create a budget and look though all your spending. This includes regular direct debits and payments as well as cash, groceries, clothes, haircuts…yes everything. This might involve writing it all […]
How you will Benefit from a Yoga Retreat weekend
How you will Benefit from a Yoga Retreat weekend Today I am refreshed and motivated. Balanced and focused. Clean and light. And you want to feel that way too, dont you? I have just returned from a Yoga retreat in deepest darkest North Devon. I have been looking forward to this weekend for months and […]
5 Frugal things post 44 – last week of summer holiday
5 Frugal things post 44 – last week of summer holiday This post is being written on the morning of Friday 1st Sept. I have a two hour window before I disappear off to Devon for a beautiful Yoga retreat hosted by my friend, nutrition expert and yoga guru Helena Bingham. This was booked months […]
How to save money on Petrol and Snacks on a long journey
How to save money on Petrol and Snacks on a long journey The Bank holiday weekend is over and we have one week of the summer holidays left in England before the kids return to school. I am wondering how many of you have had a staycation and visited the UK’s service stations? Whilst you […]