There was a time when my blog Mrs Mummypenny was not generating enough cash. Way back in my first year of running it as a full-time job I made very little money. A good thing perhaps to not focus heavily on monetising the blog, it was more about creating lots of brilliant content – but…
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Introducing our writers
They are students, mothers, artists, job-seekers, office workers, political activists – everyday people facing everyday money challenges. Meet Mouthy Money’s new writers – they tell stories about their financial lives, dreams, successes and failures. And their words won’t just twang your heartstrings or make you clutch your sides with laughter – though they’ll certainly do…
Car Insurance: Ways to Save
My early Secret Santa present last Christmas was a surprising one – a car with a red ribbon on it! I was over the moon to become a car owner for the first time ever and, shortly after, entered the world of car insurance. This is what I have learnt since… 1. Don’t rush As…
What I talk about when I talk about jogging slowly
I wasn’t a popular child. This was never more obvious than during PE, where the combination of my reputation as a boffin and the fact that I was comprehensively terrible at sports meant every lesson I was unable to skip due to “tonsillitis” became an interminable exercise in doing the bare minimum, and having no-one…
Embracing lagom – the biggest Scandi trend since hygge
Forget hygge, ignore ikigai – 2019 is all about lagom (yay, another Scandinavian word we can’t pronounce). Roughly translating as ‘not too much, not too little, just right’, lagom is the art of living frugally, which is a pretty essential life skill if, like me, you’ve still got a £9,000 student loan to repay. Lagom…
Fresh air, family spirit and scenes worthy of the Edinburgh Fringe: why I won’t be joining a gym this January
“Guys, I shall be holding a Christmas circuit training bootcamp every morning in the garden. It will take place in the small window of time between my lie-in and my midday drinking.” This is the announcement I send to my siblings via the family “Christmassssss” WhatsApp group, before our descent to Kent for a week…
The Ultimate Guide to Going Out and Having Fun for Less
Fun never seems to be on the agenda if you’re constantly working. Add trying to save money into the mix and the concept seems a very, VERY long way off. Don’t worry. It is possible to lead a fun life while also keeping your finances in check. It can’t all be work work work… plus…
Nadia Nadif: A Brit Abroad
I’ve just come back from my first experience of touring in the Middle East. I was part of a three-hander comedy about buying and selling cars for a corporate theatre job. It was a gift of a job, full of opportunities. Here are some of my musings since I got back… 1) The Middle East…
Money lessons from the movies
At the rate that Hollywood pumps out films, there are an abundance of lessons we can take from the world of cinema. Grab your tub of popcorn and chomp away as I run through some financial tips from the flicks. If you say film and finance, the first movie that comes to mind for most…
New theme-based app allows users to trade for free
An investment app has launched to allow savers to trade for free in firms that match their lifestyles, interests and beliefs. Wombat Invest, which is available on both iOS and Android devices, allows investors to choose from up to 15 carefully curated theme-based portfolios that appeal to a wide range of interests. They include: ● …