*MONDAYNo spend day *TUESDAY£39.99 Printer£14.00 Gifts£74.39 Grocery*WEDNESDAY£7.50 Postage *THURSDAYNo spend day *FRIDAY£3.00 Postage£36.37 Donation£351.00 …
*MONDAYNo spend day *TUESDAY£39.99 Printer£14.00 Gifts£74.39 Grocery*WEDNESDAY£7.50 Postage *THURSDAYNo spend day *FRIDAY£3.00 Postage£36.37 Donation£351.00 …
Our goal for 2013 is to keep our grocery spending below £2,000. Grocery buying can make or break a budget and I know if I stopped managing it, I could easily spend at least twice as much as I do…
The following is a guest post; After graduating high school or college and starting work, and then maybe having kids, the biggest milestone in your life in your later years will be starting retirement…
I love the start of a New Year and the promise it brings. Even at low points of my life (and there's been a few!), January 1st always seemed to give me a motivational kick. Here we go then 2013......…
On our menu this week.... MONDAY// Hot Chicken Baguettes & StuffingTUESDAY// Sweet Chili Noodles with SausagesWEDNESDAY// Chili & Rice (from the freezer)THURSDAY// Chicken FajitasFRIDAY// Grilled Sa…
*SUNDAY £79.67 Grocery £10.00 DVD (gift for hubby) £3.86 Book £7.06 Cards & Gift Wrap (for daughter)*MONDAY No spend day*TUESDAY No spend day *WEDNESDAY No spend day*THURSDAY N…
The 2013 Sealed Pot Challenge has started and to date there are 64 of us on the list - the lovely Saving for Travel, who started the challenge, has full details on her site. I use my sealed pot to sav…
We're attempting to pay off our mortgage by December 2015 and reach financial freedom by December 2020. Every month I track our progress. Reduce the mortgage to less than £83,000 £80…
We're attempting to pay off our mortgage by December 2015 and reach financial freedom by December 2020. Every month I track our progress. Reduce the mortgage to less than £83,000 £80…
I'd hoped to menu plan the whole month yesterday, but never actually got around to it! Oops.Anyway this is what I have so far....this week only Monday: Toast Ham & Cheese SandwichesTuesday: Tagliate…
I had a coupon (£5 off) that needed using today or I would not have ventured into the madness of the supermarket this morning. Gosh it was busy. So busy I found it hard to concentrate. Never aga…
November is done for us. I've spent far too much over the last few days, and I'm hoping I've accounted for everything, but here are our final figures.*BUDGET VS ACTUAL This is our last budget of 201…
Okay here we go with our first budget of 2013 (You can find a refresher on how we budget here). We haven't quite finished setting our 2013 financial goals but we do know that we want to front end our …
I'm done with grocery spending in November, so this is my final round up. How did I do? Well I had a budget of £200 and spent........£214.23!! Oops! But when you think of all the stockpil…
*MONDAY No spend day*TUESDAY £4.27 Grocery £45.03 Gifts £110.96 Clothes £8.00 Wine ;)*WEDNESDAY No spend day*THURSDAY £41.26 Grocery*FRIDAY £9.00 Window Cleaner*SAT…
I've already started thinking about money saving in 2013 and number one on my list is grocery spending. The cost of basic grocery items keeps going up - our regular bread I noticed yesterday - and it…
Happy Thanksgiving to all my American readers! Thursday is a regular day off for me and it's the day I like to tackle most of my weekly to-do list......it's also the day I play catch up with my blog r…
No grocery shopping as yet this week, although I did get a delivery last Friday. I had a voucher for £5 off a £40 spend, which after the delivery charge (£4.50), only saved me 50p, b…
Hubby is away working for two days, so this weeks menu plan is pretty simple easy; {pasta bake} Beef Casserole and Veggies Chicken & Sweetcorn Baguettes Soup Pasta Bake and Garlic Bread Chili & R…
This post is not for the fainthearted ;)*MONDAY £25.00 Train Fare (Daughter)*TUESDAY £3.50 Train fare (Me) £9.25 Cards £1.95 Coffee £3.50 Eating Out £344.69 Gifts …