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Category Archives: Managing money
driving yourself mad with energy output
Electricity bills are like petrol costs – so arbitrarily decided apparently that you want to overthrow the tyrants who impose them. In our case this would involve a march on the new provider but who can be fagged, frankly? Our … Continue reading
Mad about petrol, possibly insane, but it shouldn’t cost what it does
Today, being a mad person when it comes to petrol, I decided to wait until the tank was almost empty because I knew I’d be passing the garage selling the cheapest local fuel not containing ethanol. This meant I could … Continue reading
why self employed households must be super skilled at managing budgets
Our family struggles to produce corporate players owing to our free-wheeling natures. All of us are self-employed, including our children’s partners, which, in the current economic climate, isn’t easy. Getting work is one thing, getting people to pay you for … Continue reading
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if you move in with your boyfriend are you lover or lodger, paying guest or de facto?
I appreciate this is a quandary I’ve addressed elsewhere (page 19), but I’m wondering now about the circumstances under which it becomes a deal breaker. Two women I know have moved in with boyfriends who own their own apartments and … Continue reading
Mad about air miles
Saving is best achieved by putting money aside every week or month and watching it accrue. Or you can buy cleverly, by comparing prices online and keeping a beady eye on specials at the supermarket thereby cutting thousands from your … Continue reading
What’s the point in extending a warranty?
You can argue with yourself all day and yesterday, I did. I bought a new computer (so no blog) from a very helpful retailer who also transferred the data from my old Mac to my new for a reasonable price. … Continue reading
Moneymad
The horror of money as we all know is that no matter how much we have, we always need more because the richer we are the greater our expectations. Maybe I’m generalising embarrassingly from the particular here but even if … Continue reading
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management crises
Maybe there was a time when Donald Trump looked at his management strategies and pulled out all his hair so he could replace it with something impressive and start again, I don’t know. Certainly his empire is as impressive as … Continue reading
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Booze Free Day
Today I took our guests to the local bottle shop so they could buy some wine for dinner in order to contribute. Lovely manners. Very nice, thank you. They said you choose, we don’t know Australian wines so I pointed … Continue reading
Money blind
Most of us are crap with money. Three out of four of us are, mostly because we’re deluded. We truly think we’re pretty good at it which makes us believe we know what we’re doing when mostly what we’re doing … Continue reading
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