Today, I'm sharing five things you can cut from your budget to save BIG! 1. Subscriptions This is kind of an obvious one but if you go through your bank statement with a fine tooth comb, I bet you'll find a subscription or two that you can cancel. Lots of us have them whether it's Netflix, Apple Music, a gym, a magazine subscription or one of any numerous other things that you pay on a regular basis.It's so easy to sign up for things these days with a handy 'pay monthly' option that makes something so much more attractive than if you were paying it in a one-off … [Read more...]
How to save money when you think you can’t afford to….
Today I'm going to share a post with you with some ideas for how to save money when you think you can't afford to...I know it's not always easy to save, especially if you don't have much money spare anyway so I wanted to give you a few ideas on how to save when you think you can't afford to... Make it easy If you can, set up a second bank account and add the details to your online banking so you can quickly and easily transfer any money across to your savings account. The easier it is, the more likely you are to transfer money into it. This is my biggest suggestion … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {10th January 2020}….
Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during that week just to show you that the small things you do all add up to a great frugal lifestyle where you can learn to live a fabulously frugal life. Before I start though, as always I feel that I should say that being frugal to me is about getting the best value for our money - it's not about doing without for us or about not having nice things. We all have different financial situations and we're all frugal for different reasons. ;-)1) Every year for the last couple of years, a fair amount of my Christmas … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things I’m going to do in 2020….
Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during that week just to show you that the small things you do all add up to a great frugal lifestyle where you can learn to live a fabulously frugal life. Today's post is a little bit different though as I'm going to share five things that I plan to do this year instead of five things I've done this week...I have some very definite plans for 2020 - they're written down in a notebook and everything. ;-) 1) I need to get serious about getting old! ;-)I don't want to be working until I'm too old to enjoy my … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {27th December 2019}….
Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during that week just to show you that the small things you do all add up to a great frugal lifestyle where you can learn to live a fabulously frugal life. I'm not going to lie, being frugal hasn't been my top priority this last couple of weeks! Aside from my trip to New York with Miss Frugal and her friend, I've been feeling a bit overwhelmed with general life stuff recently and I have a lot to think about going into 2020. Right now though, I'm just trying to enjoy what's left of 2019.I do have a couple of … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {13th December 2019}….
Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during that week just to show you that the small things you do all add up to a great frugal lifestyle where you can learn to live a fabulously frugal life. Before I start though, as always I feel that I should say that being frugal to me is about getting the best value for our money - it's not about doing without for us or about not having nice things. We all have different financial situations and we're all frugal for different reasons. ;-)I've put together a bumper list of all my Frugal Christmas posts if … [Read more...]
