June 18, 2013

Raising children on a budget

Raising children on a budget

      Everyone knows that raising children is one of the most expensive, yet rewarding things you will ever do with your life. Living on a budget with children is difficult. Every month there is something new in your children’s lives that has to be taken care of as they navigate through life. One [...]

Simple Ways to Cut your Family Energy Bills

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    If you want to reduce your home energy bills the best step to take is making your home more energy efficient. Luckily there are many things you can do to help save energy and lessen these costs long-term. Lighting Lighting costs can easily be reduced by simply replacing your existing light bulbs with [...]

5 Simple Ways to Make Extra Money

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    With the cost of living rising and our earnings not going as far as they used to, the opportunity to make a little more money is always welcome.  This doesn’t necessarily mean finding a second job but can be done by making small lifestyle changes or using what you already have. Here are [...]

How to save enough for a holiday by summer 2013

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    The summer is coming; the daffodils have shaken off the snow and flowering into bloom.  The sound of lawn mowers fills the air and complaints of hay fever are started to be whispered in the playground.  Fast on the heels of summer are the six week holidays, where parents of large and small [...]

Save money with Pinching-Pennies (and win a £100 Amazon voucher too!)

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    If you are a follower of our Larger Family Life Facebook page or Twitter feed you would be forgiven for thinking that all I have been doing lately is eating great food, scoffing ice-cream, visiting stunning beaches and sunning myself. Whilst I admit that there has been a fair bit of all that going [...]

Where would YOU invest £10,000?

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    What would you do if someone handed you £10,000? Spend it? Share it? Save it? If you really want to make the most of it, the answer is probably none of the above. We spend our lives earning money and yet there are times in your life when money finds you. It could [...]