I really thought April would be a quieter month with our expenses, but unfortunately, our roof gained a leak which needed fixing straight away. So here are our Real Figures. Expenses Mortgage: £755 – We have been paying this amount for…
Quotes can capture big ideas that can help inspire, motivate and encourage you through life. Since becoming a mum, I have really focused on money and ways in which I can find, save and earn it. I have read many quotes…
Recently I have been thinking about retirement, not that I work now anyway, but the possibility of having problems in the future. The cost of living is always on the increase and I fear that if I did go back…
March was a great month because we went on holiday up to Northumberland so of course, we spent a little bit more especially on groceries. Now we also continued with our goal to get our house as finished as we…
It has finally happened. For a long time, I had been thinking about moving my blog from Blogger over to WordPress (self-hosted) and I finally took the plunge. My blog is my hobby and is something I enjoy doing, otherwise,…
February has been an okay month but I do still think we can get the expense total down quite a bit. This month seems to be such a busy one each year due to how many birthdays fall in it…
Martha has now turned 2 years old and with her being so close in age with Mabel, buying toys for her birthday has been very difficult. It seemed the things that I did want to get her, we either had…
I am someone who is very nosey and I love seeing how much other families spend on bills and how much they may have left over if anything at all. I thought I would share with you each month what…
I really love being able to save money each week by just doing my regular shopping. Previously I have used coupons and vouchers that I need to cut out and take with me to the shop to be scanned but…
I don’t know what it is but I seem to get really excited about staying on top of our finances and working out new ways in which we can save money. As it is January I thought this was the…
I just about managed to do a couple of small surveys on iPoll this week to get me to the £25 limit to cash out, plus I cashed out at Mintvine and received some more money from that. iPoll = £0.75…
