As you guys know, I've been trying to make changes in our household in terms of being more sustainable. One thing I have noticed is how much single use plastics there are at birthday parties and other events. Those amazing balloon garlands-where does that all end up once the party is finished? The plastic plates, [...]
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A Merry Tonkin Christmas Gift Guide
Budget Friendly Christmas Gift Guide, Personalized Gifts, Practical Gifts, KK Gifts, Educational Gifts, Cheap Gifts, Hand Made, Small Business, Support Local
How To Cut Costs This Christmas
Christmas-the best time of year! But also the most expensive.... Every year we tell ourselves we aren't going to go overboard again, we are going to watch what we buy and how much we spend. Yet the same thing happens over and over again each time... Below are some tips I use to help cut [...]
How To Cut Down The Cost Of Your Grocery Bill
So finally, I have got around to writing down all of my tips for cutting down your grocery bill... Most of these things I worked out myself by just taking the time and really looking at prices of things, but I did get a lot of tips from reading @stayathomemum Jody Allen's book The $50 [...]
12 Tips I Used To Cut Down Our Everyday Living Expenses
Those of you who have been following me for a while would have also been following my journey and ways of cutting back on everyday living expenses. Once Eadie come along I wanted to be able to stay at home with her and not have to work full time. I began following a lot of [...]
How I Budget
A lot of people often message me asking how I budget and if I use a certain layout/template. So I thought I would share some details about how I manage our money. I obviously have no professional experience in this, how I manage our finances is just something I have found that works for us.. [...]
Our Trip To Fraser Island
Those of you who follow my Instagram account, would of seen our family road trip to Fraser Island we have not long come back from. I thought I would share some more details of the cost of this, and how to not get lost in spending too much money while on holidays. Firstly, I just [...]
How Having My Daughter Taught Me To Stop Wasting So Much Money
I have made a lot of changes to the way we spend money since having our daughter Eadie. After having Eadie, my paid maternity leave payments took almost 3 months to come in-so I had no choice but to cut back on spending-and once I did, I realized how easy it is and how much [...]
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