My Voucher Codes offers pt II – Boden and Very
Following on from last week’s bargain hunt using the My Voucher Codes site, we go so many “oooh!’ type tweets that we thought we’d expand the hunt. This time we’ve scoured Boden and Very for some eye-watering holiday shop bargains…
Transform clutter to cash
I used to be ruthless when it came to throwing out things that I thought were making a clutter in my house. My little house is not big so it doesn’t take much make the whole place look a mess. I’d throw away all the usual old stuff like worn out clothes, Christmas and Birthday presents that hadn’t been used since I’d pretended to love them. I’d even throw out things like fairly new CDs I didn’t listen to, and 6-month-old toys that my...
5 Money Saving Essentials for the Home
5 Money Saving Essentials for the Home A mortgage or rent payment is enough to put a damper in anyone’s budget. Aside from that, we can’t forget about utilities, insurance, the phone, food and clothing. You probably get the point. Thankfully, there are some things that you can do to bring your bills down. If you don’t know where to start, here are some things you may want to consider: 1. Attack the Mortgage...
Brittany Ferries (*Not For The Faint-Stomached)
A couple of weeks ago we headed off on our Jolly Holidays – and thanks to Brittany Ferries we were able to start the holiday practically on our doorstep, taking the Condor Express (which is the Sea Catamaran) across to Cherbourg (mind we still had another 7 hours to go when we landed, but it was a very good start). We used Brittany Ferries last year, so when they asked if we’d like to review again this year we snapped...
Voucher Codes – we all look for them, don’t we?
I do find buying things very difficult these days. Remember the days when you used to go to the shops, see what you wanted and take it the till? Online shopping has created in me a hideous wave of indecision – the power of the internet always makes me hover at the ‘go to checkout’ stage, wibbling “is this DEFINITELY the cheapest price? Is it actually the best deal I could find?”. Purchases take me three...
Businesses are finally getting more flexible
We posted a while back our Top Ten Tips on Working From Home (it’s not as easy as you think, as anyone who has done it will testify). But of course, pitfalls aside, it’s still the most practical and desirable work solution for so much of the work force – and it’s been going that way for a very long time now. My eldest is 13, and around the time he was born legislation was brought in that meant I could...