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Into The Dragon’s Den

By On July 20, 2013 · Leave a Comment

My 10 year old daughter who is at Junior School was presenting her business idea at a Dragon’s Den panel at the local High School one evening, and hubby and I took our son along to watch.

She has worked within a team on this class project to come up [...]

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Save Money & Help Good Causes With The My Favourite Voucher Codes Website

By On June 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Always the money saver, I’m interested in learning about new ways to make the cash expand further and get discounts on things I want to buy. So today I want to share with you a great new website I’ve been introduced to, that not only helps you to save money [...]

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30 Ways to Save £1

By On May 17, 2013 · 1 Comment

The £1 coin is 30 years old! I remember so clearly when it actually launched. I was 8 at the time and I remember wishing with all my might that I’d find a trail of £1 coins on the floor – like Hansel and Gretel and their trail of breadcrumbs. [...]

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Million Dollar Girl!

By On April 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment

My mum has always been quite proud of her ‘dumb phone’. She says “I don’t have a smart phone, I have a dumb phone!’ But today she made a giant leap into the 21st century when her service provider called her and got her upgraded to a contract with a [...]

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An Easy Tip For Organising Vouchers & Coupons

By On April 8, 2013 · 2 Comments

Have you ever felt the frustration of spending money in a shop only to get home and find you have a coupon for that exact shop!  Or gone to somewhere like McDonalds when they have their Monopoly game running, and won a voucher for some free fries, but because the [...]

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My US Style ‘Extreme Coupon’ shop in the supermarket!

By On March 27, 2013 · 2 Comments

I wish I could say I got it free like they do on the American TV show, Extreme Couponing. But I snagged this lot:

At a 65% discount thanks to savvy shopping and my coupons!

With multibuy deals in the store and my coupons worth almost £13, my [...]

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A Book For The Future

By On March 4, 2013 · 2 Comments

If we only had a crystal ball in life, things would be so much easier wouldn’t they?!

Given all the belt tightening that families have had over the past few years and likely the next few years to come, it can be tough to know what to do to prepare [...]

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In 2013 My Money Will Grow On Trees!

By On January 11, 2013 · Leave a Comment

I would love an actual money tree. Imagine being able to go into your backyard and peel off a twenty when you are short on cash! But if you think about it, money does grow on trees. Notes are made of paper and paper is made from trees!!

If only [...]

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The PKTMNY Experience

By On December 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment

We’ve had an enlightening in our house- a former spendaholic has converted into a savvy saver and I’m not talking about me! My little girl is all grown up, or at least some of her attitudes towards money are, as a result of taking part in the newly launched PKTMNY [...]

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How To Have A Thrifty Christmas

By On December 12, 2012 · 1 Comment

December is my most expensive month of the year, not only because of Christmas, but 24th December is also rather special in our family! My husband and I met on Christmas Eve way back in 1990, we had our daughter on Christmas Eve in 2002, and my sister in law [...]

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