Saving Money

Holidays are my vice! I try to have one trip abroad every year and that’s what I put my spare money towards. I know that I could go away for a lot less money if I was much more flexible and planned better and that’s where my top tips for cheap holidays overseas come in!… Read the rest

Stories

How often do you see stories in the media about people being conned out of their life savings after trying online dating? I don’t know about you but I see it pretty regularly. Online dating scams are getting more and more prevalent. 

To me, scamming people via online dating is one of the lowest … Read the rest

Babies & money

For my baby niece’s first birthday, I bought her a moneybox. It was a really nice silver one, engraved with her name and the date of her first birthday. She doesn’t have a clue what it is, or what’s in it, so why did I bother?

The simple answer is that because … Read the rest

My pets

I have three wonderful cats, and they are indoor cats. As such, when I got the first two (Scruffy and Felix) I wondered whether I should get pet insurance or not, especially as a lot of people told me not to bother with pet insurance because being indoors, there was minimal opportunities for … Read the rest

As you may have noticed, I love a bargain. I really don’t like paying full price for something if I don’t need to. The discovery of cashback sites has been revolutionary to me. The premise is simple. You purchase things that you would be buying anyway, but by clicking through from the cashback site, you … Read the rest