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Cost of raising a child

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My partner and I have often been asked when are we going to have children. Often our reply is a laugh or somewhere along the lines of saying ‘ we are never going to have children’. Crazy, I know! But with my life the way it is and my aspirations children don’t fit into the [...]

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How To Deal With Missing Out!

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We often decide to be frugal for a few reasons. These can include wanting to lessen our impact on the world, learning to be happy with less and probably the most popular reason, to save money! Part of budgeting and saving money will lead to times when you will feel that you are missing out. [...]

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Save money or support the independent coffee house? And the wider questions…

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I like to head out for a coffee and do some writing. There is a case for working at home all of the time but hey I would go absolutely crazy! I’m back in my home town of Woolwich, London right now. First off I can’t believe how fast it is changing and I am [...]

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How to Minimise Hidden Mortgage Costs and Fees

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Thanks today for this interesting guest post talking about parts of mortgage costs and fees that are not always out in the open. I found getting my first mortgage quite difficult because all these fees seemingly appeared from no where and I was not well prepared. These days I would rather just avoid getting a mortgage but [...]

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MONEY: A very good reason to stick to your resolutions!

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Let’s face it saying you just saying “I want to be thinner” is not a resolution that will ever likely materialise in reality. If you are going to go through the trouble of making resolutions then you need a specific goal and a way to measure your progress to that goal. Almost all of us, [...]

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Seeing racists cheer a Somalian is better than any gold medal

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On saturday Mohammed Farah, a Somalian refuge, stormed the 10,000 metre event in the London 2012 Olympics grabbing one of many golds that day to help hammer down the the UK as a force to be reckoned with in the medal tables. I stood in a pub with a bunch of 40-70 year old white, [...]

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When did Americans stop giving a SCOTUS about each other?

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As a Brit, who grew up without ever questioning the notion of health care for all, the circus going on in the Good ‘ol US of Frickin A has me all a little disillusioned about life, the universe and everything. A heavily modified version of the Big Bad Barack’s health care plan, that aims to [...]

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Do you really practise what you preach? Am I really frugal?

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If you tell a lie enough times you can come to believe it. From people stuffing down a cheeseburger between salads, pretending debt doesn’t exist, hiding a drug problem in the family, or even ignoring domestic violence, it can get extreme. Keeping up appearances dictates a lot a of external behaviour and harbours internal issues. On many levels [...]

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Frugal Zeitgeist is crap…. But that is going to change!

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Have you read Frugal Zeitgeist recently? I say recently as in the last year? A lot of people have passed by and left very quickly.  A few people stick around but I am not sure why! I have to put my hands up and say quite honestly that it has been awful. I’ve written a [...]

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How You Can Get Rich

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How You Can Get Rich - Getting rich is not easy (if you stick to legal means) but it is something that we almost all have a shot at if it’s something that we really want. For this quick article Let’s take a look at some of the top ways of getting rich. How You Can [...]

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