Monthly Archives: September 2011

All kinds of excited. Hurriedly producing this post for you all, fidgeting in the knowledge that yes I am about to go away for a long weekend and yes it will involve wearing wellington boots, drinking red wine and playing Scrabble, which shouldn’t be a mid-twenty-something year old’s idea of fun, but right now I… Read more »

It seems there’s a business out there for everything these days. Is that because we’ve stopped wanting to do things for ourselves? It’s old advice that anyone who owns a car should know basic repairs and upkeep to avoid being hoodwinked at your local garage. It’s also probably a good idea to know how to… Read more »

Health is a top priority for my family and I, especially diet. Over the years, we have adopted a vegetarian-based diet. We do eat poultry once a week, as well as fish and eggs but we don’t eat red meat or dairy products. Since introducing a diet which is mainly plant-based, we enjoy an active… Read more »

When you enter any new romantic relationship there’s always a bit of baggage that finds its way in with you. It’s completely normal, especially as you get older and have more life experience behind you, you can’t wipe the slate clean completely every time you meet someone new. But what if the baggage is financial?… Read more »

Have you heard of collaborative consumption? I hadn’t either. But Time magazine recently called it one of the 10 ideas that will change the world. It’s a marketing term that describes people making money from their assets, whether through lending, sharing, trading or swapping. Ebay, Craigslist and Gumtree are famous examples, but there are dozens… Read more »

This past weekend saw the kick-off of The Guardian and Observer Book Swap, much to my delight. The Book Swap is a mass organised book swapping event, where you print off a bookplate, write a message on it saying why you love it, and stick it in the front of the book. Then you leave… Read more »

The TotallyMoney Blog Carnival went live on Monday at Control Your Cash!  We hope to see you again next week! Editors’ Picks this week: ETF Base with Shorting Treasuries. Canadian Finance Blog with The Basics on Income Statements. Everything Finance with Disadvantages of Investing in Treasury Bills. Afford Anything with What’s Wrong with Most Money Advice…. Read more »

Rule number 1 of successful budgeting: saving money starts with making little changes in your everyday spending habits. Your pound will stretch further when you make cuts in your shopping list and seemingly inconsequential shortcuts lead to a bigger payoff in the end. Your money is something to be held on to, and spending wisely… Read more »

If you grow your own, you’ll probably find yourself with an abundance of courgettes at the moment – I have more than I can handle in the allotment so I’m desperately seeking interesting ways to cook them. Even if you don’t grown any veg, courgettes (and aubergines) are in season now so should be good… Read more »

The advent of the omnipresent web has brought us many things, and changed much of the way we go about daily tasks. Shopping lists can be downloaded and uploaded to smartphones, mail is nearly obsolete and obtaining the rare and hard-to-find has become the work of minutes. So it’s no surprise the constant connectivity has… Read more »