Meal Plan Mondays (6th August)
Lots of repeats in this week’s meal plan as Isabel has been tiring me out and I’ve had lots to do around the house and…
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.
Meal Plan Mondays (30th July)
I went against last week’s meal plan and bought a chicken for yesterday so that I could incorporate chicken into several meals this week (penance…
Meal Plan Mondays (23rd July)
Part of my ongoing meal-plan series… Monday: Meat pie Made from the mince that I was supposed to use for last week’s cottage pie, but…
5 ways I’ve saved money in July
Part of my ongoing mission to save money this year, these things have saved me money this month… 1. Cancelled our lovefilm membership I’ve fallen…
Meal Plan Mondays (16th July)
Thank you for the support (comments, retweets etc) on last week’s meal plan: it was cool to see how many of you also meal plan.…
Meal Plan Mondays (9th July)
As promised on twitter, I’ll now be sharing my weekly meal plans with you lovely folks. I’ll include costs where possible (and you’re welcome to…
5 ways I’ve saved money in June
I’m on a mission to reduce our outgoings over the next 12 months. We’re not massive consumers anyway, which I think makes it harder to…
Budgeting
Now that I’m on maternity leave for the next 12 months, my monthly income has more than halved. At the end of my leave (last…