January can be a pretty sobering time of year, especially if you’ve blown the budget on Christmas, and you need an emergency tightening the belt strategy. For most of us, Christmas is the most expensive time of the year, and it can leave it short for weeks afterwards. If you’re ...
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Prepare for Next Year’s Spring Clean With These Wonderful Ideas
It might be Christmas, and you may have other things on your mind, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't think ahead. You may already have had thoughts about what you can do to make the home better and work on improving it. One of the key parts of this is going to be the spring ...
Have Yourself A Merry But Economical Christmas
Obvious statement alert: Christmas can be a really expensive time. The bigger your family, the more expensive it gets, and some years it can just seem to get out of hand entirely. It can feel like a nightmare knowing that you’re heading into the new year with a spending hangover ...
Credit Horror Stories You Should Be Avoiding
Here, we’re all about how to get yourself in a better financial position. However, by now you should hopefully realize that it’s not all about how much money you have in your bank. There are other factors that affect your financial health, freedom, and independence. One of those ...
How Do I Get You A Loan?
At some point in most people's life there is a need to borrow money. There are lots of ways to do this. For example, you can take out a loan, arrange an overdraft or apply for credit from a store or credit card provider. Before choosing how to borrow you need to know how much and ...
4 Huge Mistakes Every First-Time Homebuyer Needs To Avoid
Buying a home for the first time, despite the various headaches and complications that comes with it, is a very exciting process. You’re finally going to stop having to depend on landlords, relatives and other people to live independently, and finally have a house which you can ...
Done in Sixty Minutes: DIY Projects You Do in Less Than an Hour
Got an hour to spare and tired of sitting in front of a screen? Perhaps what you need is a practical project. We spend so much time laboring away at tasks for which we see no results that even a small DIY job can give us a satisfaction which we don’t get from the rest of the day. ...
Borrowing To Buy This Christmas? Not So Fast
Yes, my friends, as one holiday ends the build up to another inevitably begins. That means one thing, it’s time for mistletoe and wine, or rather Christmas time! Unfortunately, Christmas is often just a tad more expensive compared with Halloween. What do you need to buy for ...
How To Get Rid Of Pests
How to Get Rid of Pests with Natural Solutions (No Chemicals) We’ve all been there before — you go to get something out of your fridge, and notice an ant crawling around your kitchen floor. Though one ant isn’t enough to cause a scene, you know its friends are close behind ...
How I Can Prevent Clogged Drains in My Home
Tips for preventing blocked drains in your home Blocked drains are an inconvenience that you do not want to experience too often. This is why it’s important to look at ways in which you can prevent the blockage from happening in the first place. There are many reasons why ...