If there’s one thing I love, it’s saving money. I like saving money and getting good deals wherever I can. Here are some of my current favourites: Top Cashback – I wrote a post about cashback sites a while back; I try really hard to use a cashback site – Read more…
In recent years I have become something of an obsessive when it comes to cashback and rewards. I aim to make every single transaction one where I can get some form of cashback or reward – that might mean loyalty points, cashback or a combination of both. When I excitedly Read more…
I have historically been awful at budgeting. Even when I had a reasonably well paid job, I often ended up getting jobs on the side that were weekly paid because I could never figure out how to make my monthly pay last the full 30 days! That changed a fair Read more…
I read an interesting article the other day about savings and investments. Apparently only 10% of women have a stocks and shares ISA, and only 7% hold other investments. Now, I worked in financial services for the better part of a decade. I even got a fancy-pants certificate for financial Read more…
Six years ago, I was working in pensions. I would have a personal training session before work, spend the day fiddling with spreadsheets and having meetings with Spanish men in expensive suits. I lived alone in a two-bedroom house with a garden, trained for an ran a half marathon, and Read more…
Some of you may have noticed a familiar face on Good Morning Britain this week; I was on there talking about the cuts to tax credits, and how they will affect single parents. While I was talking to one of the researchers, we went through my income and expenditure. I Read more…
I’ve been trying to save a bit of money lately, but without it really impacting on my life so that I feel like I’m “penny pinching.” For lots of advice on money matters, speak to the Money Advice Service. Meanwhile, here are ten money saving ideas I’ve come up with… Read more…
I’m getting really into this saving money lark; once you start, it becomes like a competition with your former self, to see how much money you can save. Here are my top ten tips for saving a bit of cash: Do you use liquid soap? I don’t know about you, Read more…