I discovered Amazon Subscribe And Save by accident when I was investigating ways to save money on the shopping. Initially I set up an Amazon Family account which gives me Amazon Prime and also saves me 20% on nappies. I have now set up all of my more bulky purchases such as nappies, baby wipes,…
Category: Money
Do You Tip Your Milkman?
If this article is to be believed more than half of us no longer give our milkman or postman a Christmas tip. I must admit I don’t give a lot but I do put £10 in a card for both the milkman and the postman. It seems the older generations are more likely to leave…
Abel and Cole for Top-up Shopping
I am always looking for ways to save more money on the shopping bill and recently have been doing less supermarket shops. I now tend to do one large supermarket shop every month for cupboard items and already order my meat and fish every two months in bulk. The rest of my shopping tends to…
Taking card Security Too Far?
It’s not the first time I have found my card being declined for purchases that I make regularly. Once again it was a case of the card issuer being too secure and blocking my transactions because they considered them to be unusual. This is all very well but has resulted in a number of regular…
Sainsbury’s Brand Match Vouchers
Anyone who has shopped at Sainsbury’s recently has probably received one of those brand match vouchers. The idea is that Sainsbury’s check the prices of what you have brought against their competitors and if you could have purchased the products cheaper elsewhere they give you a voucher for the difference. That’s all very well but…
Another Pointless Discount Voucher
I have noticed more and more that discount vouchers are no longer what they appear to be. The companies I am referring to will remain nameless but recently I have received a number of vouchers which on the face of it look like a good deal. On trying to place an order on the website,…
Women Now Giving Birth at 30
Says this article which says the average age of women giving birth in the UK is now 30. The article cites the importance of women’s careers for changing family life and meaning women choose to have children later. Personally I’m not entirely sure this is the case. For us it was a matter of waiting…
How Expensive are Your Children?
I realise that I currently spend a lot on my children. At the moment they are both in nappies, getting through at least 12 a day between them and with Russell on formula milk, I would estimate these two items alone cost at least £150 a month. I hadn’t really considered how much a child…
Average Home Now Costs £250,000
I remember when we brought our first house, a smaller than average one bedroom starter home with a small garden. The price tag back in 2002 was 179,950 and it cost us all of our savings plus some borrowed money from relatives to make the deposit. Even then the repayments took the majority of our…
Mini Classic Cars
If you want a Jaguar but can’t afford the price tag these mini cars might be just the things. They are about half the size of the original. They have a 110cc petrol engine or electric motor and can reach speeds of up to 46mph. The cars are made to order and cost between £8,000…