Summary This was a strange month for spending because we were in Africa for almost the whole month! We had already paid for the vast majority of the trip in advance. You can see the damage in previous spending posts! We break our main expenses down into broad categories starting with the big 3; housing, food …
Inheritance
A Divisive Subject Do you plan to leave an inheritance? What about receiving one – do you factor this in to your financial plans? Inheritance is a divisive subject and people have very strong opinions on what ‘should’ be done. In this post we will explore what inheritance means to us and how we plan …
Monthly Spending – July 2019
Summary There was a lot going on this month – we even got engaged!!! Excluding the engagement ring and the £500 spend on US dollars for our Africa trip this month’s underlying spending was very much in line with our monthly averages. An annual insurance premium increased our usual housing spend slightly but we were broadly in line with our expected totals. We …
A Frugal Engagement
As we keep saying on this blog, our general approach in life is to CHALLENGE EVERYTHING! Because of this, the topic of engagements (and more widely, marriage) is one that immediately makes me feel unwell. The whole process is drowning in so many ‘customs’ and expected behaviours . Many of these come with a large financial impact which …
All Change!
A Life Update and some BIG NEWS! Soo...we have exciting news! We got engaged!!!! After just less than 6 years of being together, Mr Way asked me to marry him and I said yes! So I’ll be asking for lots of frugal wedding advice from like minded FI enthusiasts!! Like everything else in our lives we will be looking at our wedding …
Monthly Spending – June 2019
Summary This month was slightly over our ‘normal’ spending of ~£2,000. We had an annual membership fee to pay, as well as a couple of big outlays for our Africa trip added to the total. See below for more detail! We break our main expenses down into broad categories starting with the big 3; housing, food …
Blood Donation
Having just completed my 25th blood donation, I wanted to write a brief article about my experiences so far. Giving blood is one of the most self-less acts you can do, giving the chance of survival to those in critical condition, or furthering research into life-saving treatments. It’s something I will continue to do for as long as …
A Way to Less……. What?
Our name means a lot of different things to us. In our quest for a simpler way of living we’re reducing lots of aspects of our lives. We wanted to create this post to give you an idea of what ‘A Way to Less’ means to us and how we are striving to improve our …
Thought Experiment 6 – Miss Way
Unpopular Opinion This is the latest in the series of SavingNinja‘s Thought Experiment posts. This is an idea to get bloggers to immediately respond to a question and all post their answers on their blogs. You have to write the first thing you think of and can’t pre-plan or do any major editing. If you want …
Thought Experiment 6 – Mr Way
Unpopular Opinion This is the latest in the series of SavingNinja‘s Thought Experiment posts. This is an idea to get bloggers to immediately respond to a question and all post their answers on their blogs. You have to write the first thing you think of and can’t pre-plan or do any major editing. If you want …