Not only do we have a wedding and honeymoon to pay for, I also booked us a cheap week away to Florida in September. So I’ve taken our very tight budget and stretched it even more – it’ll be worth it in the end, but there are only so many ways I can make extra money before I burn out. A few weeks ago I came up with the idea of withdrawing our weekly household
Most thriftsters know all about making banana bread from ripening bananas, but what about if you actually have a job/life/family commitments and can’t drop everything to make 3 loaves of banana bread and then post the recipe to your blog and Pinterest? Aka us “normal folk”. Did you know that you can freeze overripe bananas and just dig them out at a later date to make your delicious banana bread? I hate overripe bananas, so
I love a good rummage around a boot sale, and the past few months have been great for finding amazing things for sale. I’m on the lookout for things to resell on eBay, Nice Things for me and wedding stuff. I’ve started posting some of my hauls to YouTube (here is my most recent one including a dressing table mirror!) but I thought I’d share some of my other finds with you. The first boot
If you’re looking to save money on your trip to Florida theme, then it’s important to consider the cost of theme parks. Apart from the flights, visiting theme parks in Orlando can be the most expensive part. There isn’t really a way around this. Either you go to the parks or you don’t. But it can get extremely confusing. Sorry if you’re reading this and you already know, but for total beginners, here goes. There
I love getting a great deal, and we’ve found that one of the best ways to keep our food shopping spending down is to visit the yellow label shelf. Every day, supermarkets sell reduced food that is either discontinued, damaged or going out of date soon. Visiting the reduced shelves can yield anything and everything, so I make it a habit to go regularly. I could reel off a long list of my best bargains,
Now that you’ve booked your flights, you’re going to want to look for somewhere to stay. On my previous trips to Orlando, I’ve always opted to stay in a villa – mostly because I went for over 20 days each time. This year we’re branching out and staying in a hotel, as we want to be closer to the theme parks, and it’s only a week, so a hotel works out cheaper. So how do
At the start of 2014, I set myself a goal that 2014 would be the year I would become debt free. Ideally by the end of June. We ended up buying flights to Florida in April which we weren’t expecting to do and we worked really hard to make sure that it didn’t set my debt free day behind. Today is the 2nd June and I’ve just made my final credit card payment! I’ve always
Last year I gave you a photographic tour of my eBay room, but times have changed! The eBay room is now less of an eBay room, and more of a home office and gaming room that Tony and I share. It’s also moved rooms, and is now in my old bedroom, as Tony and I are now adults who have made decisions about how to decorate a bedroom for the both of us, and we’re
