Category: Saving Money

What's awesome in Poundland in May 2017
Bargain

What’s awesome in Poundland in May 2017

Every month I visit a Poundland store to show you the best deals to be had. Here is what is awesome in Poundland May 2017. Summer is here, though only when it wants to be. For those days that summer wants to come out Poundland are selling a range of summer items, like the inflatables above. There are also all toys for the beach as well, for much less than you would pay at the

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Saving Money

Why I don’t have “no spend days”

When you are looking to save money, one term that is popular on blogs and forums is “no spend days”, or a NSD. It might surprise you to find that no spend days aren’t something I aspire to, despite many people doing no spend days or months successfully. The idea of a no spend day is simple – you just don’t spend any money that day! At the beginning of a week or a new

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Bargain

Cooking with Gousto

It is no secret that Tony and I love a good meal! We love to eat out at restaurants (often paid for via mystery shopping) but we also love to cook from scratch, making delicious meals at a fraction of the cost of eating out. We were recently sent a Gousto box to try out, and I can’t wait to tell you about it! What is Gousto? Gousto is a convenient way to cook healthy

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10 easy ways to save money that we should all be doing (1)
Budgeting

10 easy ways to save money that we should all be doing

When it comes to saving money, there are two things to consider – spending less and putting more money into savings. There are lots of easy ways to save money, there’s even one that allows you to grow your savings automatically without lifting a finger! Why we should be spending less Spending less money has lots of benefits! They include: The biggest motivation for me to spend less is that I then get to spend my

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4 ways to stop the Sunshine hindering your savings plans
Saving Money

How Spring and Summer weather can bring out bad money habits

Today I have a guest post for you from Hannah Brice from FeastStyleThrive.com all about not letting Mr Sunshine hinder your saving plans. You can also find Hannah on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Over to Hannah… Autumn and Winter are dreary times of the year. You spend half of your time in big heavy jumpers and cosy slippers and the rest with an umbrella poised firmly above your head. So, when Spring appears, it’s natural

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Why hiring a cleaner was the best thing we have ever done (1)
Saving Money

Why hiring a cleaner was the best thing we have ever done

I want to let you in on a secret – I am really rubbish at cleaning! I like a tidy home, and we have worked really hard to declutter, but I am not that great at cleaning. And there is a difference between cleaning and tidying! I like to think that we don’t live in a hovel, and most nights we manage to tidy up after dinner and set the dishwasher off, but we don’t

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What's awesome in Poundland April 2017
Bargain

What’s Awesome in Poundland in April 2017

Every month I visit a Poundland store to show you the best deals to be had. Here is what is awesome in Poundland April 2017. I am sure you can all remember the Alpecin adverts from TV with the bottles zooming off with race car noises. Well we found this alternative product in Poundland and it must have been doing the same as this was the last one left (we arrived pretty early too). I

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Five fabulously frugal things I've done this week
5 Frugal Things

5 fabulously frugal things I have done this week – 7 April 2017

Happy Friday! I can’t believe that another week is almost over – it is time to share 5 frugal things that I have done this week. Car boot sale haul We often hit the car boot sales for reselling items, however I managed to get myself a few bargains this week. I am really pleased with the Animal lounge pants for Tony for just £1! I couldn’t believe my luck. And the cats are pretty

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