Category: Saving Money

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Our wonderful 3 week holiday to Walt Disney World

In November and December we were lucky enough to have our second trip to Walt Disney World this year! It was meant to be a surprise trip for my husband’s 30th birthday, but after keeping it a secret for four months, Disney emailed him directly about the booking (they had his email address from previous bookings). Despite the fact that the surprise was ruined, we have had a great time planning for the trip and

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Saving Money

How to keep your energy bills low in winter

Most of us would like to save money on our energy bills, but doing this in winter can seem impossible. After spending 3 weeks in a very sunny Florida, I have been shocked at just how cold it is back home, and I have been really aware of how much heating we are using – and winter has only just started! Premier Bathrooms have asked me to share some tips to keep your energy bills

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How this student has 5 trips abroad planned for next year
Saving Money

How this student has 5 trips abroad planned for next year

Today I have a fantastic guest post by Katy, who is a student who loves traveling. Here she shares how she had FIVE trips abroad already planned for next year, and her tips for getting great deals when traveling. Katy blogs at Monotony Will Kill You and can also be found on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Over to Katy…  I am an 18 year old student and as such, I generally don’t have loads of money

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What I got in the Boxing Day sales
Bargain

What I got in the Boxing Day sales

Every year I head out to the Boxing Day sales, mainly to visit Lush and Boots. Here are the bargains I found in the 2016 Boxing Day sales. This year we visited Peterborough for our sales shopping, armed with a list of what we wanted to get. I’ll admit that after 4 stores we just gave up and came home! The first store was Lush, where we were queuing from 8.30! The queue outside was

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Challenges

FREE Financial New Year’s Resolutions email course

With 2017 just around the corner, many of us are starting to think about our New Year’s Resolutions. I want 2017 to be full of financial goals that I am hitting time and time again. With this is mind, I have created a 7 day Financial New Year’s Resolution email course for you, completely free of charge! In this 7-day email course we will cover: Day 1: Create a budget Day 2: Set financial goals

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Saving Money

Do we actually regret paying for our wonderful luxury wedding?

Last year we were lucky enough to have the wedding and honeymoon that we wanted. It cost us a lot. It even surprised some people close to us, especially those who knew my frugal ways. So now, over 18 months later, do we regret paying for our wonderful luxury wedding? The short answer is no, we don’t regret paying for our luxury wedding at all! We had the wedding of our dreams and something we

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Make Money

How to make 100000 after tax each month

Every month I am inspired by reading Michelle’s income reports. Michelle blogs over at Making Sense of Cents and has been hitting around 100000 (£79,000) after tax each month. She does this from blogging and side hustles and she now travels full time and has built a wonderful life together with her husband. I recently interviewed Michelle to ask how earning $100,000 a month has changed her life, as well as how she deals with

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Christmas

10 wonderful ways to save money before Christmas

The holidays can be an expensive time of year (unless of course, you do what they plan to do in that cult Christmas movie Christmas With The Kranks, and jet off on one of many bargain Christmas holidays to steer clear of all the other costs of Christmas!). However, if Christmas is going to be at home with the family, there are changes that you can make right now in order to save some serious money before the

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