I love a bargain. Give me a coupon code, a cashback site, a price match guarantee…I live for that stuff! A while back I wrote a post called 20 Things to Stop Buying RIGHT NOW to Save Money and one of the things I included on that list was expensive glasses. Personally, I will never buy an expensive pair of glasses again. Why would I when I can get them for a fraction of the cost from Firmoo? Here’s why I buy all my glasses from Firmoo now and why I think you should too.
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Now that we’re midway through August, it seems like an appropriate time to finally share my July no buy year update. I know, I know – call me the Queen of Procrastination. I flew back to the U.K. at the end of June and spent half of July serving time in yet another quarantine situation, but at least being locked indoors makes it easier to stick to my no buy year. So here’s an overview of how another no buy month went…
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Well, we’ve reached the halfway mark of 2020 (can I get a hallelujah?), which means we’re also midway through my first no buy year. I think it’s going well. Then again, I’ve been in lockdown for nearly four months at this point so I couldn’t really buy that much if I tried. Either way, today I’m breaking down my successes and struggles, spending and savings in my June no buy update.
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Despite what TLC might have us believe, frugal living doesn’t always involve dumpster diving or stealing ketchup sachets from restaurants. Sometimes frugal living is as simple as cutting down on unnecessary spending or tweaking a few bad habits to help you save more money. And it’s surprisingly easy…and painless! So today I’m sharing some of my favourite frugal living hacks and you can rest assured that not a single one of them involves you rummaging through a dumpster.
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Well, I made it through my first full month of lockdown. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Netflix and cookie dough for getting me through. While a month spent confined to my apartment might not have done a lot for my tan, sanity or waistline, it did make my no spend challenge a heck of a lot easier. So today let’s talk about what I spent during lockdown and run through my April no buy update.
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