Morning Peeps! Sorry I skived yesterday but I had some lovely young peeps to teach and went for lunch out with my mum and my closest friend for her birthday. So I told you the other day that we were claiming Universal Credit. I know there's a lot of controversy and confusion around them, so [...]
Morning Peeps! So it's the summer holidays (apparently... too wet here to tell!) and there are things to do and buy, places to go and people to see. So how do you do that on a budget? The simple answer is planning. I plan for one treat and one sensible thing each week. With a [...]
Howdy Peeps! Firstly, welcome back to school to those who have been on half term holidays, we are now halfway through the school year...Hooray! Secondly, it's 10 months until Christmas (yes, I said it and no, I have no shame). If you think it's too early, then maybe you want to read some of my [...]
Hello Monday Peeps! I'm far too hyper for a Monday morning, maybe because it's the 17th anniversary of our engagement....aww I love the old man! 😉 I thought I'd give you a budget update; January is a pain in the butt, but we knew it would be so it's OK. I have 3 savings pots [...]
Hello Peeps! We have interesting skin in this house. I have a teen with very sensitive skin and I have PCOS so my skin goes from teenage-acne to dry to goodness-knows-what depending on my hormones (Yay for being unbalanced). So we both struggle with toiletries but for different reasons. Santa brought the teenager several skin [...]
Hi-de-hi Peeps! January always seems long, but we're actually heading into the last week now. It's so much colder than it was at Christmas (still hoping for snow) so I'm stocking up the pantry just in case. (I jest, I needed to stock up after Christmas...we're lucky if we get one day of snow here!) [...]
It's Friday Peeps!! YAY! I think people need to do what works for them (because managing money is important) but there are some people who seem to make it overly complicated. So I thought I'd share what I do. I use my planner now, but until this year I did it with a calendar and [...]
How-do Friday Peeps! After writing yesterday's post about Thinking Ahead, I then went and acted of some of it. (I highly recommend the 'act on it' part, I had a great time!) It will not surprise anyone who knows me that I went and stocked up on ribbons, bows, cards and tags for next Christmas. [...]
Happy Wednesday Lovely Peeps! I'm going to talk about 3 of my favourite things; Christmas, Planning and Maths 🙂 (I guess that makes Christmas seem more appealing to most of you LOL...I'm a nerd and I own it!) Step 1: Start now- whether you're reading this in October or January, start ASAP to minimise the [...]
Hellooooo Peeps! Now is the time for Christmas shopping, it is a mere 4 months away (yesterday). I've been out and about this week getting a few bits for the teenager to return to school. While I was out, I headed to B&M for some bits and the Card Factory (to buy some Exam Congrats [...]
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