A Budgeting Blog for UK Mums
I usually like to sit down and share with you some ideas or tips on how to save money. Today however, all I feel like I can do is vent my frustration on how my well-crafted schedule has completely gone out the window!
I’m sure that all of you mothers know exactly why my schedule has gone to pot. The summer holidays have arrived! Yes, it’s that time of year again, when the kids are off for 6 weeks. Argh!! [Read more…]
A few days ago I wrote a post discussing my thoughts about renting a home rather than purchasing one, and in particular how I have enjoyed the reduced pressure of not having to worry about constantly paying out to maintain or replace the big things in the home. I’m thinking things like the boiler, central heating or electrics if they breakdown or need upgrading! [Read more…]
I’m sure that I’m not alone in thinking that when you open your wardrobe doors, there is always that same old dress that seems to jump out and shout ‘Wear me, wear me!’
Knowing how good you feel and yet still so comfortable in the dress is a real temptation to reach in and grab it every time, it’s as if it has been made just for you. [Read more…]
In the UK, a lot of us feel a great pressure to get onto the property ladder. I’m not sure what it is exactly about our country that makes us so different from the rest of the world. I have only come to realise recently that in a lot of other countries it is completely normal and acceptable to rent, sometimes it is even preferred. However, over here in good old Great Britain it does sometimes feel that if you haven’t got a mortgage then you are unsuccessful! Shocking, I know!
We all love to have space, whether it is indoors or outdoors, space is something that most of us crave to have more of. But is it possible to increase the outdoor space that we have at home, without having to stretch our budget? Personally, I think that it is possible. So here are a few ideas to help you gain more outdoor space. [Read more…]