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Planning pays off – Budget thoughts for this year and beyond

Posted on 20th March 2022 by admin

Cost & Economic Headwinds In the past I have written about our annual budget plan. All running fine and Covid aside (ie lower spend) as expected. But the world headwinds […]

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Are we going Cashless ?

Posted on 18th February 2021 by admin

I recently went over our spending and budget for the year. One of the things I put down was a reduced estimate of cash use (£125 pcm, so £1,500 over […]

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Article / Budget

Personal Investment Policy

Posted on 25th January 2021 by admin

In the same way a Statement of Wishes (SoW) is meant as a direction to executors of an estate (ie direction but not cast in stone), I rather have the […]

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Budget / General / Investment Strategy

2020 Budget – what happened ?

Posted on 3rd January 2021 by admin

When I looked at my plan for 2020 little did I realise that it would utterly be turned on its head. That said, sure things turned out different, but there […]

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Am I mad to sell a house for £30K less than market value ? Exploring the Perception of Value

Posted on 21st October 2020 by admin

I just sold my late mums house in 9 days for nearly about £30k less than I could have made … am I mad ?   Let’s see ….   […]

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Updated Cost of Coffee, Cake & cookies

Posted on 18th September 2020 by admin

Last year I had a look at our cost of coffee & cake. Not an inconsiderable amount with around £600 just on coffee for the year (calculated). Well, today I […]

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Invest in the bottoming Market or Pay the Mortgage Off ?

Posted on 27th April 2020 by admin

One of the great F.I.R.E. mantra’s is ‘pay off your debts first .. get rid, get rid, reduce, eliminate … etc etc . They are a drag. Well totally agree, […]

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Budget Plan post Covid-19

Posted on 27th March 2020 by admin

  In January I looked back at last year and drew up some reflections and personal lessons to improve prediction. Well, with Covid-19 that went well ! There is no […]

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2019 Budget Update – review of what happened

Posted on 13th January 2020 by admin

There are quite a few bloggers who talk budgets, give running commentaries monthly on spend down to the penny, glory in their side hustles and how then can use that […]

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