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Principled Money Posts #43: ‘in search of summer’ edition

Published May 19, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in Websites | 8 Comments

There was a time when the sequence of events during the first part of the year was clear: tax returns (January), top up ISAs (March), switch off central heating (April). Ok, sometimes we have had the heating on for some of the time in May. But I don't remember having [...] Continue Reading...

Principled Money Posts #42: movie stardom and colliding oceans

Published May 5, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in Carnivals, WTFIFL, Websites | 10 Comments

What I day I’ve had! A bit rough at the edges and un-kept, I am, but still…movie stardom was on the cards; I saw two oceans colliding and you thought penguins reside in Antarctica, didn’t you? So did I but we were both wrong. But let me start from the [...] Continue Reading...

Principled Money Posts #41: where I end up at the police station

Published Apr 28, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in Carnivals, Websites | 6 Comments

I didn't say 'in the police station', did I? So this is not about me turning to crime - however tempting this is, listening to our politicians - but about driving; and (not) finding my way around. I didn't learn to drive young - my attitude to [...] Continue Reading...

Principled Money Posts #40: from ‘vamp’ to ‘frump’ and back

Published Apr 21, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in Carnivals, Websites | 11 Comments

The other day while clearing my desk draws, blast this 'clear your environment' stuff, I came across a CD. Curiosity won (as it usually does with me) and a minute later I was looking at pictures taken on the day of my 45th birthday. I was looking at this [...] Continue Reading...

Principled Money Posts #39: …and since when being poor is offensive?

Published Apr 14, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in Reviews, Websites | 9 Comments

Couple of weeks ago my son, who is just twelve years old, came back from school and announced that he will '...beat ten bags of sh*t out of this stupid b*stards who are dissing him for being poor'. Now, usually our son is not allowed to get away [...] Continue Reading...

Principled Money Posts #36: Apple vs. Samsung and the winner is…

Published Mar 3, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in Carnivals, Websites | 2 Comments

Most certainly Apple! But let me tell you a bit more about this one. Our household is divided; some people draw the division lines along basic values, established norms or even simply taste and cultural preference. In our house the division is technological - for years now there has been [...] Continue Reading...

Zen and the Art of Maintaining a Website: the world is changing and we need to move with it

Published Feb 27, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in Big picture, WTFIFL, Websites | 7 Comments

Right, people! This article comes with a warning: if you are under 35 please stop reading now since anything I say is probably a second nature to you. Go learn something that may be useful to you. If, on the other hand, you are over forty stay with me a [...] Continue Reading...

Principled Money Posts #35: Monday Begins on Saturday edition

Published Feb 26, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in WTFIFL, Websites | 11 Comments

I know! The title may sound confusing but it actually is also the title of a novel by two Russian science fiction writers - Brothers Strugatsky. It so happens that they are the only science fiction writers I really liked reading; check them out - their books are imaginative, contain [...] Continue Reading...

Principled Money Posts #34: the ‘I love being fifty’ edition

Published Feb 17, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in WTFIFL, Websites | 12 Comments

If you have not already entered our give away please do so; just follow this link and enter; the possibility of winning £300 (about $450) waiting there. I probably have already said this but...I LOVE BEING FIFTY! I love the whole thing; the ability to relax with [...] Continue Reading...

Investment – an awesome new platform

Published Feb 13, 2013 | By John | Posted in Financial Health, Investments, Savings, Websites | 8 Comments

When one is in the fortunate position to be able to put some money aside regularly and have the ambition to make it work for them, one thing they need is a good place to store funds before investing in something big. For example, we may want to invest in [...] Continue Reading...

Principled Money Posts #33: travel, holidays and a splendid £300 (about $450) giveaway

Published Feb 11, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in Websites | 20 Comments

Let’s start with the really important stuff: our give away. Now this one is really splendid; it is not only rather generous but also the three blogs that participate in it – The Savvy Scot, Skint in the City and The Money Principle – are uniquely British. Still, anyone can [...] Continue Reading...

Money management 101: tools of the trade

Published Jan 17, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in Debt movement, Reviews, Websites | 3 Comments

This is a review of OnTrees: a web-based money management tool that allows you to link all your accounts, budget and compare financial products. One distant cold and dark November evening in Sofia my mum, just before she got on the tram to go back home, looked [...] Continue Reading...

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