by Maria Nedeva | 24 Oct, 2018 | Control spending, Insurance
Do you want to pay less for car insurance? Yep, I do as well. Not only because I hate overpaying for anything but also because I know that when it comes to keeping costs down our best bet is to focus on what we can control. Car ownership has much to recommend it. It...
by Maria Nedeva | 22 Jul, 2018 | Control spending, Spend money
What do you reckon, friend, is a holiday in the sun worth getting in debt? I can tell you what I think. I most emphatically believe that nothing is worth getting in debt; not even a week of sunshine, sea and beautiful beaches. Still, this is the reformed me; the ‘me’...
by Maria Nedeva | 19 Jul, 2018 | Control spending
My bread-maker is one of the gadgets in my kitchen that saves me time, money and gives us so much sensual pleasure. There are good reasons to buy a bread maker if you already don’t have one. (You know that there are few pleasures that compare favourably to the smell...
by Maria Nedeva | 4 May, 2018 | Control spending, Personal finance tools
In this post I share the blueprint, and the tools, you need to spring clean your budget and take change of your money. Oh, and if you are curious you could also have a peek at the results of my budget spring clean. I feel ambivalent about budgets. On the one hand,...
by Maria Nedeva | 18 Apr, 2018 | Control spending, Motoring
Are you thinking of leasing a car instead of purchasing one on credit? Leasing can be beneficial to many different people and if you have decided that this is the best option for you then the next big question is what type of car you will decide to go for. With car...
by Maria Nedeva | 20 Feb, 2018 | Control spending
Sitting on a chair lift, getting ready to go down a snowy slope and examining my life for misdemeanours, just in case I’m about to meet my maker, I overheard the conversation between my two co-lift people. ‘We are staying in the Grand’ – the lady said. ‘We probably...
