Category: Saving Money

Since the start of the global problems there has been a distinct shift away from retail shopping – with long term restrictions to our freedom and not being able to just meander down the high street as we want, almost everyone has found a new way to satisfy that need …

Today I was waiting outside the one remining building society office for an aged companion and I was treated to some wonderfully diverse snippets of conversation and shopper’s insight.   Two dear old biddies were in the queue for the post office next door – that queue starts at 7.30 daily …

This time last year we were only just beginning to hear about the start of what turned out to be this dreadful global pendemic consisting of the worst flu bug of sorts that anyone can remember.  Apart from the Spanish flu that his the world 100 years prior.   The state …

Oh how we used to love getting shopping vouchers in magazines.  Coupons were all the rage at one time and my siblings used to love ripping the latest magazine or newspaper from the parental grasp so we could go through them page by page, carefully cutting round essential black lines.  …

There are some folk in life who just happen to be briliant at saving money – they are canny but not mean.  I also know folk who are less savvy than other people, and often fall foul of scammers and time wasters.  Once you make an enquiry about anything online …

Ah how things have changed over the period of this very strange lockdown.  When it began in March, it was tragic to see the vile self centredness of many people.  The race to empty the shop shelves toilet rolls, of all things and the false new stories floating about made …