Spring has sprung. In fact it sprung on the 20 March. So I'm thinking let's give this Simply Being Mum's Spring Sale malarkey another go guys? My last Spring Sale started off great guns and then a bit of bad luck struck - and I got a little side-tracked. Back on track this year and once again have the (possibly fictitious - but who cares as it ...
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How To Maximise Finances
January 2016. Back to reality. Time to focus and prioritise. Top of the agenda is ‘health’. Feeling fit to burst, and lethargic, from the excesses of Christmas, it feels good to be shopping sensibly once more. My basket is full of nutritious foods, and I’m sticking to my grocery budget. Also on the agenda this year is ‘wealth’. To generate extra income ...
The Law of Accumulation
Being completely honest, as far as blogging goes I'm a bit hopeless. Back in July I threw out a challenge for myself (and others) to see whether £600 (or $600) could be generated through the sale of unwanted clutter from around the home. My target was to achieve £600 by the end of August. Did it happen? No of course not, it's me we are talking about ...
Inspiring Kids To Spend Mindfully
The £600 Challenge isn't about spending, it's about generating cash. It's about clearing your clutter. But an unexpected outcome of the challenge has been the opportunity to teach the Kids how to manage their money. A couple of weeks ago we decided to make the £600 Challenge a family affair. You can read all about it here. The Kids now have a monetary ...
£600 Challenge | It’s A Family Affair
I set myself (and you) a challenge a couple of weeks ago. To generate £600 (or $600, or any other currency) by selling unwanted, unloved and unneeded items from around the home. Aka = Clutter! I'm checking in this week with just £17.00 banked. But a little like Baldrick, I have a cunning plan. If you haven't met Baldrick before please let me introduce ...
Just £596.76 To Go
I set myself (and you) a challenge two weeks ago. Click here to find out more about Simply Being Mum's £600 Summer Challenge. To make £600 selling unwanted items (otherwise known as clutter) from around the home. My deadline is the end of August - not too far in the future I've still £596.76 to go. I'm thinking a little more effort may be required on my ...
Trinkets Not Treasures
Have I mentioned before I'm not a fan of housework? There's a good reason they are called chores. To make the mundane tasks more bearable I've been listening to a lot of audio books through YouTube. Yesterday I was plugged into a Jim Rohn seminar. Although I wasn't just doing chores, I was in fact decluttering with vigour. After all I set myself (& ...
Simply Being Mum’s £600 Summer Challenge
Last week I posted about how on average a UK family may have around £600 of unwanted but saleable items in their home. Click here to read that post. Now the source of that fact is eluding me. I know I read it in a financial magazine in 2012, but can I find it? Alas no. The source however isn't important. I have a figure in mind, and that sounds like a ...
What Would You Do With An Unexpected £600?
I'm a sucker for facts and figures. For example Love Food Hate Waste report that £60 of each family's food spend is thrown away in the UK every month. That's £720 a year on average and that's post tax, we have to earn much more to actually buy that food. (Want to reduce that figure? I'd recommend taking part in Food Waste Friday hosted here this Friday and ...