So as some of you may know, I sold my London flat recently. I’ll warn you, the story of this flat is a bitter-sweet one and I have been itching to write this post but wanted to wait until I had officially put it behind me. Part-buy, part-rent properties can seem …
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This post has been brought to you by the lovely Ivy Rudd, who offers house purchasing guides for first time buyers. She has very kindly written a fabulous post about what it takes to purchase your first home, which I think is one of the most exciting and stressful things to do!! What Ivy will …
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This is week number 2 of the budget series…. See week 1 here if you missed it! Today I want to talk about one of the most important things you should allocate some money to in your budget…… YOUR FUN FUND! We often neglect our own fun don’t we? I find …
The essential item you should be spending money on every single month! Read More »
It had to happen – a post on C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S….. I’m sorry! This pains me too, as it still feels like we’ve only just come out of the summer holidays, but unfortunately it does need to be thought about now we’re in November. For many years I neglected to save for Christmas, …
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In this budgeting series, I have been highlighting a different “slice” of the “money-pie” – a system that one of my followers coined for me. It has a number of other names – money-pots, money-buckets, but whatever you call it, its a similar idea. It is the principle of slicing you …
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Prior to training as a GP, I used to work in the field of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. It was common to see women plan every aspect of their pregnancies – right down to the vitamins they took and the delivery they wanted. The hardest deliveries to plan were among those women …
So after a conversation with a fellow GP registrar the other day, we got onto the subject of Islamic savings. I have to say, I had never heard of this concept. I hadn’t realised that under Sharia Law, the principle of paying or charging interest is not allowed. This means that …
One of the reasons why I am now so passionate about teaching others about money management stems from a time when I didn’t have any control of my own money. I was in a relationship where I allowed my partner at the time to control everything. It was one of the …
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This week I have a brilliant piece courtesy of UK Money Blogger Tuppenny! Budgeting is one of those necessary things that we all have to have something of a grip on. If you’re really struggling with saving and investing, then you absolutely must start here. Tuppenny has a fab guide on where you …
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When someone in your family dies, its often an extremely hard time. Although money doesn’t make up for the fact that they’re not with you anymore, it does help to cushion you in lots of ways. Now while some people would spend this money on something frivolous like a holiday, a car or a wedding, …