Living the good life on a budget.
After writing a post on Tuesday about how to make a budget I thought I would do a follow up post on how to stick to your budget. Budgeting is such an effective tool if used correctly and in a way that suits your needs, but sticking to it may be the hard part. 3…
This post is a how-to on a budget. How to make one and how to work out what will work or not. I’m a massive fan of budgets. I know there’s people out there who don’t have a budget, but I’m definitely not one of them (Is now the time to admit I do a…
Another week has gone! It has been another busy week at work, with a couple of days being rather late. I cannot wait for a break now; everyone is shattered and patience isn’t as good as it was at the start of the year. Our budgeting this week has been good; nothing unexpected has shown…
In one of my first posts on this blog I outlined what our ultimate dream is and spoke briefly about steps to get there. This post is to discuss the ideas in a bit more detail and run through some of my own thoughts about early retirement. The ultimate dream, for both me and my…
The title of this post could mean lots of things and could include all multiple of aspects in its meaning, however today I’m going to talk about food. I like food. A lot. People at work would probably say I get a bit too excited about food – after all, lunch time is one…
This week has been crazy busy, so I’m really glad it’s over. Also, how is July already?! I can’t believe we’re over halfway through 2014; there’s so much still to do! I’m hoping work will calm down a bit in the run up to the summer holidays, and I can get more sorted in terms…
One of my biggest beliefs in life and how we live our life as a reflection of that, is that simple living is the key to happiness and fulfilment. There is nothing better than sitting in our garden, with the sun shining, having a drink and enjoying the wildlife. Or having candles lit in the…
Every month I like to set myself aims for the month, to keep myself focused and to make sure I actually use the time during the month wisely! There are two sets of aims: Finance and Personal. June wasn’t that good for personal aims so I’m hoping that July will be much better. Financial…
So, June is over! Well, almost. At the end of every month I’ll do an update on the month and how I managed with the aims I set at the beginning of the month. June has been pretty good for us; we’ve been busy with work for quite a lot of the time and so…
Another week is over – how crazy is it that we’re almost at the end of June?! This week has been really busy work wise, so I’ve been putting in some quite long days. It’ll all be worth it in the long run, but it has meant that I haven’t seen my husband as much…
