We’re all that bit poorer at the moment and, with the ghostly celebrations of Halloween fast approaching, it’s time to think about some cost-effective solutions to making your spooky shenanigans as fun and affordable as possible. What do you need for a great Halloween night? Well, costumes are a must, masks too and then there’s arranging suitable decorations. Traditional activities…
Continue ReadingDo you want to save more money? Who doesn’t?! Doing so can be fun, creative and inspiring. Don’t believe us? Here are 101 super creative ways to save money:
Create upcycled fashions. Take your old clothing and repurpose it into creative new designs instead of spending money on new clothes! HQQS55P8MNPZ
Update your furniture by hand. Paint repair markers, new upholstery and…
When I started secondary school in 1997, I was one of the few people in a class of 30-odd people whose parents were still happily married. Why is this? An annual report by The National Marriage Project, under the direction of W. Bradford Wilcox, had the aim “to analyse the social and cultural forces shaping contemporary marriage, and to identify…
Continue ReadingAre we in the midst of a shift away from the hyper-consumption of the 20th century to an age of shared product usage and reduced sole product ownership?
In todays blog post we delve into a recent study on “the sharing economy” by the Latitude Group and Shareable Magazine. The study reviews future consumption trends, one of them being Collaborative Consumption.
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It seems that nobody has told the kids – or the Royal Family for that matter – about the recession yet. With letters to Santa already on their way, rumour has it that the Prime Minister has been asking for a royal wedding to cheer the country up. Kids have been ignoring their parents agonised looks, and browsing Apple’s product…
Continue ReadingAll of us have phones at home and many of us also have mobile phones. However, the home phone is not cheap. Just the basic monthly bill is around $30, in the UK it is usually £10 to £15 for line rental, and that is before you have even made any calls. One of the ways to save money is…
Continue ReadingNobody can blame you for wanting to have all of the latest tech gadgets that come available. And nobody can blame you for wanting to save money in a time when the prices of everything from gas to credit card transaction fees are on the rise. Are these two desires mutually exclusive? It’s definitely true that it’s difficult to be…
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Note: Most of the info in this post is for US readers, but the same principles for saving money will work in the UK.
Today, just to have a LAN telephone line costs about 30 dollars per month. And if you make phone calls, the costs go up. What many people do not realize is that free calls can be made
We are Kathryn and Captain Frugal two money saving fanatics. Kathryn is a freelance writer living in San Francisco which means that she's had to work hard to maintain a frugal budget. Captain Frugal learned from a young age that a penny saved is a penny earned, he's made it his life's mission to beat "the system" a few cents at a time. "Living the high life is easy!" say's captian frugal, "all you need is a little creativity, to improve your lifestyle and still save money!
