As a Queenslander, I know all about hot weather and sweltering summer days. Actually sweltering days at random through Spring and sometimes Autumn too at times. If you live in Australia’s northern states, it helps to enjoy the hot weather. HOW TO REDUCE AIR CONDITIONING COSTS AT HOME But even those of us that do, …
Is it just me, or does it sometimes feel like the only mail you get is bills? Between bills and bank statements, there are not a lot of exciting things happening in my letter box lately. Junk mail is sometimes the highlight of my letterbox trip (yes it’s that sad). The monthly or quarterly expenses …
The other day we applied and were approved for a new credit card. Not that we needed it. Between us we already have several credit cards. No, our motivation was simply for the purpose of collecting the bonus credit card reward points. Next year we are heading overseas again and with an extra family member …
Electricity costs are on the rise. At an almost alarming rate. Sometimes my electricity bill makes me want to move to a tent in the woods… but then I remember how much I would actually hate that, since I love electricity and everything it powers in my life. Hot food, clean clothes, Netflix, my iPad…Yep, I’m a digital junkie so the …
Over the past several years we have seen the costs of utilities such as electricity skyrocket, alongside the other increasing costs of living. It can be pretty painful on the hip pocket at times, taking even larger portions of our hard earned money and leaving less for splurging or saving. Far from awesome! 15 Ways …
We love eating out in our household. We don’t do it all the time, but probably at least once a fortnight. While there are plenty of perks, it can be expensive too, so how do you save money eating out? It’s the appeal of a great tasting (hopefully) meal and no cleaning up afterwards that does …
Money – it’s a part of life whether we like or not, so it pays (pun intended) to be smart with your money so I have put together the ULTIMATE MONEY GUIDE, with all my best posts for saving money, making money, budgeting & organising finances all in one convenient place. Budgeting and managing finances have always …
Working from home sounds pretty amazing, right? And for the most part, it is, but like anything, there are bound to be a few parts that are less appealing than others. It’s a fact of life we can’t love everything, and we are still talking about work after all. It has been close to a year …
While there are great perks to selling your unwanted stuff online, such as making quick cash and of course the wonderful feeling of getting rid of clutter, there are also a lot of things I hate about selling stuff online. No matter how great of a seller you may be, it is impossible to avoid …
If you had of asked me a year ago what it was I would have been doing a year later, I certainly would not have expected the answer to be blogging. Somewhere along the way, not too long ago, blogging became my number one hobby and income source. And while the life of a ‘writer’ sounds …
We all want to know ways to make extra cash fast and often it is as simple as clearing out some of the unwanted stuff we have cluttering out homes. Through the Simplify My Life challenge, we have been making some serious progress on decluttering different spaces of the home and as a result, I have ended …
Living in a technologically advanced world brings so many benefits. Once we would have had to leave the house to do most things, such as go to the bank, buy groceries, play a game with a friend. These days, we can do all of that and so much more online. This includes selling and buying …