Category: Saving Money

How to budget when you have an irregular income-2
Budgeting

How to budget when you have an irregular income

Having a budget is extremely important, but how can you be a pro at budgeting irregular income? You could have an irregular income for a number of reasons – perhaps you are self employed, a work at home mum, your role is commission based or you get extra money with overtime and commission. Whatever the reason, it can be a real challenge to budget when you are getting an irregular income. Some months can be

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5 things to do with Christmas leftovers

Christmas is the one time of year when you can guarantee there will be leftovers from dinner. Whether it’s just the two of you eating Christmas dinner or you are entertaining a large group. It can be impossible to know exactly how much food you need, and can add to Christmas stress. But it is better to have some Christmas leftovers, as you don’t want anyone to go hungry. But you don’t want heaps of

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Christmas Gift Guide 2019

Disclosure: items were gifted to feature in this gift guide – all thoughts and opinions are my own.  Yay it is December and in the Drew household this means we can officially talk about Christmas. It is my husband Tony’s birthday on the 1st of December, so I have a rule that we cannot get truly festive before then. Here I have my 2019 Christmas gift guide which includes money saving, food, cat gifts, beauty

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Saving Money

UKMB Festive Giveaway 2019 – £400 of prizes up for grabs

It is that time of year again, where the UK Money Bloggers come together to offer you a great prize. This time around there are 80 blogs taking part, meaning we can offer you prizes worth £400! Our biggest giveaway to date, and I am so proud to have organised it. As you know I really love hampers, and they are my favourite competition prize to offer (and my favourite gift to receive!). Your prize

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Win a festive hamper for Christmas

With December less than a week away, we can officially start talking about Christmas now, can’t we? One of my absolute favourite gifts to receive is a hamper filled with any item from any theme – movie night hampers, food hampers, bath hampers…and you get the drift. They are also really fun to make as Christmas gifts for someone you love. I am really excited to have teamed up with some of my blogging friends

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Earn Nectar Points With Esso

AD – This is a paid collaboration. In early August my husband and I made an offer to purchase a house, which was accepted. Whilst we await out completion date we are aware of some of the upcoming costs in relation to our house move, from fuel to buying new items for the house. The house we have bought is 18 miles away from where we live now, which doesn’t sound like much, but each

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Save an average of £316 on your bills with Migrate energy

This is a paid collaboration with Migrate energy. It is that time of year again where the heating goes on and our energy bills start to increase. If you are looking for a no-hassle way to save money on your energy bills then keep reading to see how Migrate energy can help you save money on your energy bills year after year – and support local causes whilst they do. Over 60% of families in

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Win one of five Christmas hampers

Everyone loves a hamper, right? I can think of no better gift for someone (or for myself, hint hint) than a hamper full of lovely goodies. That’s why I am excited to have teamed up with some other bloggers in the UK to give you the chance to win one of five gorgeous food and drink hampers. There are plenty of entry options for everyone, so you can choose to enter however you prefer from

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