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Family Finances- Easy Ways To Save A Small Fortune At Home

June 2, 2021 | 2 Comments

Most people would like to have a bit more cash left over at the end of the month. It’s not always possible to increase your earnings but monitoring spending and reducing expenses can help to widen the margins. If you can save on buying groceries, make sure you’re getting the best deals on mobile phone contracts, broadband and TV and utilities, take advantage of offers and discounts on shopping, travel and days out and set limits using a budget, you could save a small fortune. Draw up a monthly budget, analyse your spending habits and compare prices before you buy.

Running a household and family finances whilst raising children are expensive. Most people would like to have more disposable income. While it may not be possible to boost earnings, there are lots of ways to lower expenses and outgoings. In this guide, we’ll explore some easy ways you could save a small fortune at home.  […]

Filed Under: Money Saving Tips Tagged With: budgeting, coupons, deals, finances, Travel

How to Save Money on a Trip to London

December 15, 2017 | Leave a Comment

How to Save Money on a Trip to London

How to Save Money on a Trip to London With its palaces, towering monuments, and exquisite architecture, London looks like an expensive destination. The good news is that it’s completely possible to save money on a trip to London, particularly if you are willing to do just a little bit of preparing in advance. Use […]

Filed Under: kids, Life-style, Lifestyle Parenting, Money Saving Tips, Travel Tagged With: breaks, deals, holiday, Hotels, London, moneysaving, Travel

Learn About the Advantages and Disadvantages to buying a new car

December 7, 2015 | 2 Comments

Learn about the advantages and disadvantages of buying a new car

Having a car is a must for most families. Whether it’s the morning commute to work, dropping the kids off at school or doing the weekly shop, having a car of your own just makes everything easier. If you’re thinking about buying a car, or you’re thinking about swapping your car for a different one, […]

Filed Under: Life-style, Lifestyle Parenting Tagged With: cars, deals, family, new cars, trips

Top half price Christmas Toys 2015

October 26, 2015 | 5 Comments

Half Price Christmas Toys

Did you know the average Briton last Christmas spent around £350 on festive gifts? I know for sure I definitely spent well over this amount, probably half the time without realising it. Simply by adding an extra gift in my shopping trolley each week, ordering a few here and there on-line, my budget was blown! I am […]

Filed Under: Baby-Toddlers, Games for kids, Gifts and Gadgets, Lifestyle Parenting, Money Saving Tips Tagged With: Asda, bargains, christmas, crafts, deals, Disney, frozen, gifts, Kids, LEGO, Minecraft, Nintendo, offers, sale, shopping, Star Wars, Toy sale, toys

Three Travel 4G MiFi Dongle Review – WIFI on the GO

September 21, 2015 | 21 Comments

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Ok, so many of us will have felt that frustration not being able to connect to the Internet on the go! I recently purchased a Three Travel 4G mobile MIFI dongle using one of their monthly tariffs. This is a monthly pay as you go package which suits me to the ground as I hate long […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Travel Tagged With: deals, MiFi, Tariff, Travel

Boots Deals – Lets Feel Like New Boots Campaign

February 15, 2015 | 4 Comments

Boots Deals - Lets Feel Like New Boots Campaign

I love finding great deals in the uk for my readers! I mean who doesn’t love a great deal saving you some cash. I have found some amazing Boots Deals that I wanted to share with you. Boots have launched their Lets Feel Like New campaign which has been started to help us ladies try and buy new beauty, hair or […]

Filed Under: Beauty, Money Saving Tips Tagged With: beauty, boots, deals, hair products, haircare, offers

Asda Baby and Toddler Event 2015 (Update August)

February 1, 2015 | 2 Comments

Asda baby & toddler event 2015

Updated – 23rd August 2015 Calling all parents and mums to be, the Asda Baby and Toddler Event 2015 is now on and anyone who needs to spend a little less money but still wants to use the best brands, then this is the event for you! The Baby and Toddler events are fantastic as you […]

Filed Under: Baby-Toddlers, Money Saving Tips Tagged With: Asda, Asda Baby and Toddler Event 2015, baby, competition, deals, hot deals, Johnsons, Mamas & Papas, offers, sale, SMA, Tommee Tippee

Timpsons Free Interview Outfit Dry Cleaning for Unemployed

January 18, 2015 | 1 Comment

Hot uk Deals - Timpsons Free Interview Outfit Dry Cleaning for Unemployed

Although most of the major retailers have Hot UK Deals during January Timpsons have gone one step further. The company who do dry cleaning have vowed to give free dry cleaning for the unemployed but only for the purpose of getting their Interview outfit ready. Timpsons have confirmed that you don’t need a voucher for […]

Filed Under: Life-style, Money Saving Tips Tagged With: deals, hot deals, timpsons deals

My Experience of learning to drive-Hang in there!

November 6, 2014 | 1 Comment

Discover my experience of learning to drive in the UK, passing my test and finding out what you need to do to get started, including tax , petrol costs and finding the cheapest car Insurance before you hit the open road. My eldest son is approaching his 18th Birthday so as a parent, I offered to pay […]

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