Baby Budgeting is all about saving and making money when you have a young child
With the financial year coming to a close, it’s time to give your finances a makeover. If you have debts accumulating and your credit score is low, you can still use basic banking to organise the money you already have in order to get back on track. Follow this five step plan to overhaul your [...]
Restocking your wardrobe with maternity clothes when you become pregnant doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Now that high street stores produce their own in-house maternity collections maternity wear has become more affordable and a lot more stylish. Plus thanks to clever designs and plenty of creativity, maternity clothing can now be worn from the [...]
How to use the Sainsbury’s Finance Budget Calculator The calculator takes you through four easy steps to help you understand where your money goes and how your spending compares to the national average. We’ve used the information published by the government in the Family Spending Survey to calculate the average amounts that people spend on [...]
Whilst motorists and first time buyers may be happy the reality is most people are feeling the pich after a budget littered with cuts. The health in pregnancy grant is gone, Child trust funds have stopped, child benfit is to be to be means tested and the general cost of living seem to go up and [...]
I am budget cheerful this week because… ….. I was able to make my sons world book day outfit for school of old clothes as he went as a scarecrow. We had plenty of old scraggy tops lying around and a battered straw hat. Other classes had much more complicated characters and I know [...]
We would all love to make a grand gesture on Valentine’s day and show our partners how much we love them. These days we often need to keep things simple and on budget whereas before we may have splurged. But, as always, there are ways and means. Here are my top 5 valentine treats that [...]
Budget Busting Tips to get your New Year off to a Great Start If, like many of us, your bank account is looking more than a little empty this month, here are some great ideas from Antonia Chitty and Erica Douglas of www.becomeamumpreneur.com that any mum can put into practice to help the family budget. [...]
I haven’t not written about Halloween on a budget I just did it somewhere else becuase I was asked to and I like to share the budgeting love and because my blog is a bit chock full this month! Pop over here for some top tips of mine for a fab Halloween on a budget . I [...]
Thanks to Louise Plunkett from www.sweetpeaparties.com. Louise is a party expert! Sweet Pea Parties are suppliers of traditional party supplies, from party bags to bunting.She does parties the old fashioned way (all the photos are curtesy of sweetpea parties The best way to throw a party on a budget is to do it in the [...]
Thanks to the lovely Natalie who blogs at Mummyinahurry for this really useful guest post Surrey Days Out I currently live in North Surrey, where I grew up (there was about a 10 year hiatus while I moved away!!). We are now about to move to North West Surrey, so I know those two areas [...]
sponsered post Just because something is commen sense doesn’t mean it’s common practice…some debt pearls of wisdom we should all take to heart: A friend once asked my dad if he managed to keep on top of his credit cards ‘I never have any problems with those silly cards’ he said. ‘How do you manage [...]
