I’m home from the supermarket. Being a canny shopper everything I purchased today was a supermarket special. I only buy them when they are on special. According to the shopping docket I had saved almost $14. In another post I told how I only buy chocolate when it is half price. Today was a half … More A canny shopper
Where I live water is precious. We have hot summers and little rainfall. Being lucky enough to live in a place where the water supply is well managed I can trust the water out of the tap. Having said that I do out of habit use a water filter but there’s nothing wrong with the … More Quenching that thirst
Be on the lookout, scamsters sure are tricksters. Some scammers are very very good at scamming. After all it’s business for them, the way they make a living. Scams come by phone, email or through websites. Recently I received a text message purportedly from Medicare telling me I had over $200 of rebates waiting to … More Spotting scams
Not long ago an article in the Sydney Morning Herald grabbed my attention. “Give teenagers a turn controlling the family budget”, the newspaper story was about a Sydney family with two children aged 12 and 14. The children were given a chance to run the family budget. In doing this they gained valuable skills around … More Learning from the younger generation
No, not crocodiles, I mean Crocs shoes. The other day I saw a lady wearing one pink and one purple Croc. Remember when Crocs were a must have shoe? Once upon a time everywhere I went I saw Crocs for sale and on nearly everyone’s feet. It seemed nearly everyone I knew had a pair. … More Where in the world have all the crocs gone?
Going out for a drink is common practice and a pleasant activity where I live. Going out for a coffee or a drink is a usual way we catch up with others or see what everyone else is doing. I enjoy going out to a bar for a drink, a glass of wine for me, … More Out for a drink
Once a month my book club meets. Some book club members buy the book while some, like myself, borrow the book from a public library. Whichever way, we all are keen readers. One of our members who is a particularly avid book buyer and reader announced she was off travelling indefinitely. Instead of paying to … More Free books
Over the last week I’ve spent a good deal of time and money at the dentist. It started with a toothache that wouldn’t go away. Toothache definitely works in getting me to ring the dentist and make an appointment. One thing lead to another and before I knew it I was having root canal work. … More Teething troubles
A couple of weeks ago I closed one bank account and opened another at a different bank. I realised the first bank stopped giving me what they called ‘bonus’ interest and reverted me back to 0.05% interest which everyone knows is nothing! Luckily I keep my eye on my accounts as these things happen. The impact is … More Stay out of trouble
I don’t smoke which stops my money going up in smoke. Besides not being good for your health smoking is an expensive habit. Luckily I’ve never smoked though I have been a passive smoker. My father smoked a packet a day. He lit the next cigarette from the smouldering butt of the one before. He … More Up in smoke
Living well on a shoestring 