How to identify money costing habits
From The Year of Living FrugallyOctober 28, 2009 at 4:37 pm
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Posts for The Year of Living Frugally
October 28, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Debt Counter Update
From The Year of Living FrugallyOctober 28, 2009 at 4:20 am
Wow - I'm now under £16k of debtOK so this time last year I expected it all to be paid off but still £16k versus £22k is bloody good, even if I do say so myself*proud strut* ... (more)
5 ways to simplify your finances
From The Year of Living FrugallyOctober 22, 2009 at 3:30 pm
I’m all about keeping my finances as simple. There is a great book by David Bach called Automatic Millionaire which I think says it all in terms of simplicity in financial matters. ... (more)
Frugal cornerstones
From The Year of Living FrugallyOctober 21, 2009 at 3:29 pm
I have been on this frugal journey for over a year now. It has – quite simply – changed my life. While I do drawn lessons from my journey at every available opportunity there ... (more)
Loyalty Cards
From The Year of Living FrugallyOctober 19, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Is it actually worth being loyal or do they collect a horrendous amount of data infringes your civil liberties? Frankly, I’m up for anything that saves me a bit of cash ... (more)
Helping your partner to be frugal
From The Year of Living FrugallyOctober 17, 2009 at 3:26 pm
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Blurb - review and christmas idea
From The Year of Living FrugallyOctober 17, 2009 at 3:22 pm
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Handy Candy
From The Year of Living FrugallyOctober 14, 2009 at 2:22 am
It's moments like this that the horrid realisation that I am turning into my mother hits me......It is half way through October and I am now half way through my Christmas shopping. ... (more)
Post your Christmas Cards Now!
From The Year of Living FrugallyOctober 12, 2009 at 2:34 am
Honestly! Why not - rather than have to spend more money making up to the people whose cards have been lost in the predicted postal carnage this Christmas. Do it now! ... (more)
Feeling Creative and want to win $10,000?
From The Year of Living FrugallyOctober 11, 2009 at 5:06 am
I found this the other day and have already submitted my couple of ideas...being the share and share alike kinda gal I thought I'd let you know about it.Pepperami is looking for ... (more)
One year in…
From The Year of Living FrugallyOctober 11, 2009 at 2:54 am
...just wanted to have a quick recap of what I have achieved.Loan Gone from £8821 to £6993 - total payoff in the year £1828My loan has been the easy, automatic payoff this ... (more)
Amazon and Ebay sales
From The Year of Living FrugallyOctober 10, 2009 at 4:06 am
Just did a quick tally - I have made £297.42 from selling old books on Amazon this year and £354.96 from Ebay.How wonderful! A total of £652 selling the rubbish around the house ... (more)
10 ways to improve your credit rating
From The Year of Living FrugallyOctober 10, 2009 at 2:30 am
...from the Times website Most of these are fairly self explanitory but they do clear up some myths around credit ratings. I would certainly look into the one about dissassociating ... (more)
Interest rates static
From The Year of Living FrugallyOctober 9, 2009 at 1:46 am
YippeeAll the experts are saying this could go on for some time. This makes such a difference to our monthly mortgage bills.Still - nervous about getting a fixed rate at some point ... (more)
Happy Blogday to me!
From The Year of Living FrugallyOctober 8, 2009 at 4:23 am
A year ago today I started blogging.The ethos around this blog has always been to say with hands up “I messed up on my finances and now I’m trying to put it right”. So, throughout ... (more)
House prises rise
From The Year of Living FrugallyOctober 2, 2009 at 2:17 am
Well, what goes up must come down...is it the same for what goes down must come up?House Prices are reortedly back to 2008 levels. I've said all along -don't be fooled into thinking ... (more)
5 ways to tame the cost of colds
From The Year of Living FrugallySeptember 29, 2009 at 8:48 am
I blogged on this last year but having been waylaid over the weekend with a head cold I feel compelled to bring it back up.OK, so its flu season. Here we are ready to go headlong ... (more)
Lovely Money
From The Year of Living FrugallySeptember 28, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Ah, I forgot how wonderful it is to have a bit of cash in your back pocket. I was paid on Friday - does happy dance - and I am currently councilling myself that I don't need all ... (more)
Frugal Flowers
From The Year of Living FrugallySeptember 25, 2009 at 4:18 am
Being the old romantic I am, I am looking to send my partner flowers this week to celebrate my double payday and thus thank her for her continued support throughout the months ... (more)
Mortgage approvals up
From The Year of Living FrugallySeptember 24, 2009 at 3:08 am
Hey HeyWe had the "dwindling" house supply early this week and now following on from that, we have the mortgage approval rate shooting up. The frugaller in me is telling me to ... (more)
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