I was a single parent for six years. For the last 10 years, I’ve been trying to get child maintenance. Going through the child maintenance system can be like trying to scale an impossibly high wall, without ever knowing if there will be anything on the other side. It seems […]
Our extra income for February 2017 – Ah, February – if I really wanted to make money I should have bought shares in a tissue company. I blew my nose enough to give them a sizeable profit margin. February was difficult because of being wiped out by the flu. […]
These are my four pictures to sum up February 2017. As I wrote not long ago (I only just dreamed this up, so had to backtrack for January) I post a picture every day to Instagram, and I’ve always thought of it as my picture diary. In this blog post series I’ll get to pick four […]
Five frugal things this week – What thrifty things have we been up to this week? I’ve actually managed to rustle up five again, I can’t believe it! 1 – Leaving TalkTalk We got out of our broadband contract with TalkTalk penalty free! We only had a bit left to […]
UPDATE – this 60 day offer has ended, but you can still get a 40 day trial offer for £1! Kids can be expensive, can’t they? If you’ve struggled to entertain your children over the half terms and holidays without having to take out a second mortgage, then you’ll […]