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5 Ways to Stop Spending Money on Things You Don’t Need

No matter how frugal you consider yourself to be, there’s a good chance that you occasional over-spend on things you don’t need. These days, we’re all victims to an increasingly convenient shopping environment. When deals and offers are delivered by brands directly to your smartphone, and all you need to do is tap to purchase, it’s difficult to convince yourself that you don’t really need to buy.

5 Ways to Stop Spending Money on Things You Don't Need

Unfortunately, if you’re not careful, your poor spending habits could stop you from achieving your financial goals. The good news is that there is a way to break the cycle. Here are just some of the ways that you can stop spending money on things you don’t need.

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Lifestyle Finance Tips – Smart Ways to Save Money

When it comes to finance, you do not have to be the owner of a business to benefit from some smart lifestyle finance tips.

Lifestyle Finance Tips - Smart Ways to Save Money

Hopefully this post can help give you some useful guidance in saving money on your every day life for both you and your family.

Financial Calendar and Budget

One of the easiest and most effective ways of being on top of your finances is creating a financial calendar. This will allow you to outline your month to month spending projections and bills and organise your finances around this.

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7 Alternative Ways to Pay for Your Travel Lifestyle

So many people never get to travel because they are convinced they can’t afford it. Instead of resigning to the idea that travel isn’t an option, modern-day wanderlust-ers are finding innovative ways to get their travel funds together. The truth is that regardless of your current financial situation, there are ways that you too can afford to travel.

7 Alternative Ways to Pay for Your Travel Lifestyle

Supporting Your Travel Habits

While it isn’t likely you’ll come into a sudden windfall that will allow you to travel to your heart’s desire, you can make certain choices to help support your next trip. If you are curious about finding alternative ways to invest in traveling, read on.

  1. The More You Save, the More You Travel

Getting into a money-saving mindset will help you reach your travel goals much faster. Find out how much money you need to spend on your next trip, set up a savings timeline, and work towards making that deadline. What you avoid spending now can be used for your travel adventures in the near future.

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Costs That Come With Married Life

Who watched the Royal Wedding? Unlike Prince Harry and Meghan Markle your wedding could take years and years of planning! But what’s next when the vows are said and the day is over? Together with Angelic Diamonds, retailers of engagement rings, we take a look at the costs that you’ll face after the wedding day, from starting a family to moving to a bigger home.

the costs associated with married life

Starting a family

For many couples, having children is the next big step after marriage. In the US, the average time a couple waits between getting married and having a baby is three years. We started just before the wedding, but at that time it wasn’t meant to be. 

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How Much Does Smoking Cost You?

The following research conducted by Nicotinell, a company which can help people when they have ambitions of quitting smoking, has provided insight on how much smoking costs across Great Britain by those who have taken up the habit…

Understanding where the research came from

The basis for the research comes from the fact that the average daily cigarette consumption for men across Great Britain sat at 12 cigarettes in 2016, according to the Adult Smoking Habits in the UK: 2016 report put together by the Office for National Statistics. This figure sat at 11 cigarettes a day for women. Over a year, these figures work out at 4,380 cigarettes for men and 4,015 cigarettes for women.

How much does smoking cost you and how much can you save?

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Ways To Save Money On Your Weekly Shop

Now I’m on maternity leave, this past week I have sat down thinking about ways to save money on your weekly shop. Maternity pay isn’t a great deal in fact it’s only £140.98 a week (as of March 2018) so when you are used to working full-time it’s a big drop in wages. In our household I mainly pay for groceries, this is an area I know we can save money on.

I have been thinking about tips on how we can slash our grocery bill each week and have come up with these top tips. I hope you find them useful to help you save money as well.

Ways to Save money on your weekly shop

Top Tips to Slash Your Weekly Shopping Bill

  • Meal Plan – This is the most important one! Before you head out the door sit down with a cup of tea and plan ahead for the week. I’m now doing this on Fridays before we go shopping on Saturdays. I also keep a check of what I’ve got in the cupboards and freezer to see what I can use up for the coming week. I have the husbands birthday coming up this week and while hunting through the cupboard I found I had all the ingredients to make a fruit birthday cake for him except the eggs. When I was working full-time, running a household with a toddler around I never had the time do meal plan as such. Therefore I always bought extra I didn’t need.

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