Month: May 2018

  • 4 great games to teach children about money

    Child holding pretend money from Pop to the shops game - great games to teach children about money

    Children learn through play so what better way to learn about money than through board games and role play. Here is my round up of four of the best games to teach children about money whilst having a lot of fun. Pop to the shops Aimed at 5-9 years. RRP £9.99. We have always been […]

  • Investing : a woman’s perspective with Tuppenny

    An interview with Tuppenny - a women's perspective n investing

    This week’s profile in my ‘Investing : a woman’s perspective’ series is really great and I think you are going to enjoy it as much as I did. Our featured guest is a long time investor who has experience of the highs and lows of investing, having seen the dot.com crash in 2000 and ridden the […]

  • How To Save On Holiday Childcare Costs For School Kids

    School is over - its the school holidays

    This Thursday will be my last day in my current part-time role at work. Instead of being a permanent employee on fixed hours, I will be contracting in a different role with the same company. Whilst contracting leaves me open to a variable work load and income, it does have a huge silver lining. I […]

  • Five Frugal Things I’ve Done This Week – 18th May

    Sensationail set and varnish

    Going to the chapel and we’re gonna get married…… My daughter has been singing this for weeks in preparation for today. Her school are having a big garden party with scones, prosecco and a chocolate fountain to celebrate the royal wedding – with parents invited too. The whole school is singing some wedding themed songs […]

  • Investing : a woman’s perspective with Corinna

    Welcome to the next instalment of my ‘Investing : a woman’s perspective’ series designed to get ordinary women talking about investing. Today’s ‘women who invest’ profile features financial independence seeker Corinna, of Inspiring Life Design. Corinna is really clear on her goal to retire early and is using investing as her tool to achieve this goal. […]