6 Months In How much does a baby cost if you’re frugal? It’s really easy to spend a fortune, but we found it hard to find examples of those who are more careful with their money. The Big Issue Money can be up there with the biggest worries for new parents. Baby costs are often …
Category: Life
Life Design for 2021
We have previously written about ‘Life Design’ and our approach to creating a life we are happy to live. As with everything, our ideas have begun to evolve and develop. For me, this has been strongly influenced by personal and world events of 2020. I was originally going to write a review of 2020 from my perspective. After …
Remaining Positive
Our Coronavirus Journey – Part 4 The Coronavirus outbreak will doubtless have a devastating impact on many companies and individuals. But I'm remaining positive on the longer term outlook! There are many reasons to be positive amongst the gloom. Hopefully this post can instil a bit of hope that things will be OK! Stock Market Most companies will be …
Frugal Food – Grow Your Own
Our Coronavirus Journey – Part 3 There has never been a better time to begin simulating The Good Life and ‘grow your own’! The current Coronavirus lockdown has given us all the opportunity to spend more time in our gardens. We're using this time to rediscover our green fingers! With many supermarkets low on lots …
Seeing Opportunity in Adversity
Our Coronavirus Journey – Part 2 As we discussed in Our Coronavirus Journey – Part 1, we’ve been gradually adjusting to the changes in or lives since the Coronavirus outbreak started. While many of the implications are negative, we’re seeing opportunity in the adversity. It would be easy to become overwhelmed and give up in such challenging …
Our Coronavirus Journey – Part 1
In this article we want to give you an update on how the Coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent Government restrictions have affected all aspects of our lives. This is Part 1 of what we expect to be a series exploring our Coronavirus journey! Miss Way’s Work As a peripatetic music teacher travelling around many schools, Miss …
Delaying FIRE to Enjoy Today
Pursuing FIRE is a fine balancing act. On the face of it, delaying your FIRE journey would seem like a bad idea. Who wants to spend longer tied to a job when they could be doing anything else?! But there are other factors at play here! Finding a Balance It’s tempting to go flat out to …
Frugal Four – Episode 2
We’re back with our second episode of Frugal Four! We wanted a way to share the frugal tips and tricks we’ve picked up over the years. The aim is to provide a brief summary of a few little hacks we’ve enjoyed using in the hope it inspires you to save some money yourselves! 1. Buy Refurbished Electrical …
Reusable Nappies
We recently made our first large baby purchase, buying a bedside cot from Aldi! Shortly after that, the opportunity arose to buy some second hand reusable nappies. In this article we’ll explain why we decided to go down the frugal reusable nappies route and the potential benefits it can bring. Preparations As we continue to …
How to Create Good Habits
In Creating Good Habits we discussed the importance of creating habits that last. We also gave examples of some of the areas in our lives where we’ve utilised good habits to change for the better. In this post, we want to take more of a practical look at HOW you create good habits. There are various tricks you can use to …