Meal Plan 30/06 – 06/07
I’ve been up and down with my meal plans lately, trying to find a system that works for me. The most productive way I have…
Budgeting archive
In May 2012 I had my baby son and started maternity leave for the second time, knocking my family income down by over £800 per month. Surviving on Statutory Maternity Pay taught me to budget, and how to feed a family of four on only £20 a week. Nowadays I'm back to working, but still juggling the demands of two school-aged children against the reality of self-employed income.
The costs of budgeting
In my moan about selling on eBay I touched upon something important I’ve discovered about budgeting: the time spent planning and plotting a budget is…
Selling on eBay: worth it? (No.)
One of the ways I was hoping that we would pay off our mortgage (let’s pretend I’ve updated that page recently) was to sell the…
Meal Plan 30th April – 6th May
There’s been a big gap between meal plan posts because discovering Oliver has issues with dairy left me feeling a bit lost and “what do…
50 ways we save money
I was thinking the other morning (in the shower, again) about how we save money in so many ways every day… stuff that Karl &…
Financial review: February
Before I even look at the figures, I’m feeling a little more confident about this month. There were a few ‘cheats’ but I’ve mostly stuck…
Meal Plans Feb 23rd-28th
Apologies for another boring meal plan entry. Drowning in work and house chores and kids and general ARGH at the moment. As expected, I’m finding…
DIY & meal plans 15th-22nd
We had some sunshine here in jemjabella-land today, so despite the chill in the air, everyone was wrapped up warm and shoved into the garden…
Financial review: January
I figured that if we’re going to be serious about this mortgage free in 5 years thing, I should be looking at where our money…
February meal plans (1st-14th)
Sorry about the cheaty back-dating of this one ;) I’ve got several posts in the works re: my new goal to pay off the mortgage…
False Economies
One of the things I see other people fall into the trap of too often with this budgeting lark (no, not me, far too smart..…
January Meal Plan 27th-31st
Last meal plan post of January, huzzah (and only slightly late). Not as tight on the veg this week because I wanted to use up…