Oh Dear! As far as Slimming World goes, 'oh dear' pretty much sums up my week as I was determined to enjoy my holiday in New York as much as possible so I rather generously gave myself a week off Slimming World.I've had an amazing week away with the kids though and although I know I could have made the effort and eaten much better than I actually did, I don't feel disappointed with myself in any way because I made a conscious decision to not stick to plan and to work extra hard when I got back to lose whatever I put on.When I stepped on the scales this … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did in New York this week {22 February 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've been in New York this week with the kids and although I get that New York isn't really a budget holiday destination, indeed some of you might not consider a holiday of any sort to be frugal, but to me, things like this are what make all the saving and counting the cost of things worthwhile. We've really tried hard to stick to a pretty strict budget over the week and … [Read more...]
Ten ways to save money on fuel….
Last week I shared 10 ways to save money on your energy bills so I thought today, I'd share 10 ways to save money on fuel.You might have read recently that my daily commute is a little bit longer than it used to be which has, in turn, increased the amount of money I spend on petrol. It's quite a significant increase so over the last month or so I've really gotten the hang of how to drive more efficiently and discovered other ways to reduce how much I spend on petrol. Here are a few of the ways I save money on fuel - trust me, they work! Cut your speed My drive to … [Read more...]
Five Days in New York on a budget – Day 1….
If you follow me over on Instagram then you'll know that right now, I'm in New York with the kids.I've mentioned a couple of times that I'm a bit of a strict budget and so many of you have messaged me to ask me what we're getting up to if I don't have much money to spend so I thought I'd share our days with you.Before I do though, for those of you who don't know, we booked this trip last minute after a few life dramas last year, we paid for it using money we'd saved for a boiler in our Emergency Fund (I know, not the cleverest thing to do) and we didn't really have much time to … [Read more...]
A rail fares system fit for the future
Collaborative PostI know I've said this so many times before but travelling by train is definitely my preferred way to travel. There's no stress about who's driving, no worrying that the kids will need a wee as soon as we drive past the last service station for 20 miles and no having to worry about getting lost along the way because someone put the wrong postcode into the sat nav. Add to that the fact that you have so much more space on a train and you're not all cramped up in a car and there's pretty much no reason why anyone would choose to drive unless they … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things we did this week {15 February 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 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) If all has gone according to plan, I'm on a plane heading to New York as this post … [Read more...]
