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

    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. […]

  • Save Money By Switching Energy Supplier AUTOMATICALLY Each Year

    It’s almost a year since I last wrote about my experience of switching gas and electricity to a cheaper provider. At that time, I switched to a fixed tariff with npower which finishes at the end of this month. Compared to our car insurance comparison, which I battled through last week with gritted teeth, I […]

  • Make Your Money Work For You : Let’s Talk Investing

    Please be aware that any form of stock market investment can go up and down over time. You may want to consider advice from a qualified financial advisor before opening a Stocks and Shares ISA. Most of us would like to have more money, am I correct? It’s true that money doesn’t buy happiness but […]

  • Investing : a woman’s perspective with Jennifer Kempson

    Welcome to the second profile in my ‘Investing : a woman’s perspective’ series designed to get ordinary women interested in investing. This week features a relatively new investor of the past few months – social entrepreneur and working mother of two young boys, Jennifer Kempson. You can find Jennifer over at Mamafurfur. Firstly, tell us about […]