Saving tips

I'm always looking for new and weird and wonderful ways to save money, so I thought I'd put my savings tips onto dooyoo. 1) Budget, budget, budget- One week before payday (or if paid weekly, 2 days before payday), write down absolutely everything you'll need to spend that month/week, include fuel, food, a night out anything at all, and allocate a certain amount to each thing, and stick to it. 2) Any money you have left over, half, and put half into a savings account, and keep half for 'just incase', this way you still have a cushion to fall back onto should anything out of the ordinary happen 3) Look at what you spend your money on, and ...  Read the complete review

I have two words in response to saving tips- Dont Spend! As you may be bale to tell I am a Capricorn so I dont enjoy spending money anyway, so anyways in which I am able to save money are great! As a 21 year old student, I think I have done pretty well saving money, although over the past 3 years I didnt have a car, now I have a car and use it everyday, Im spending more than I thought on petrol, so any ways to save money on petrol would be greatly appreciated!! - When shopping online always try and find cashback websites, especially if you do lots of online shopping. -Martin Lewis, money saving expert is a great website for saving money and he ...  Read the complete review

As a 20-something living with my Mam I should have plenty of spare cash. However, I have just sold my house a few months ago and due to the credit crunch I am about £8,000 in debt from the sale of the house. I also have car running costs, like insurance, tax, mot, repairs and petrol, along with a debt management plan from when I was a student. My disposable income is about £400 which gives me £100 to live off each week. Normally this would be great, but at the moment my partner is out of work, so I am paying for her travel and living expenses too. When I was a child, my Mam used to feed and clothe 4 of us for that amount of money, and pay her bills, etc (that was her ...  Read the complete review

Ways to save money seems to be a big thing in this cultural climate and I am one who trys to save in any way I can but have been things I have done for a while as I usually work part time and have spent yeras studying as well. A lot fo these may sound really simple and silly and you may even already do these things but these are just the things I do Food Shop at the cheaper supermarkets, such as Lidl and Aldi, for better bargains. I am a huge culprit of snacking in between meals but I now get loads of packets of Lidl noodles, 19p per pack and around 5 flaours to choose from, they are bigger than other own brand noodles and far tastier in my opinion. ...  Read the complete review

Since coming to university, I obviously had to learn to fend for myself a bit more and pay my own way and make a lot more desicisons, with the bank of mummy and daddy not always being there to bail me out (obviously and I have the pride of being independant and a clever little student who can look after herself!!) Anyway, this little post will tell you some of my best found ways to save money, either because you want to actually save for something, or because you have no money and need to stretch it. 1. Set a goal If you actually want to buy something big like a holiday or driving lessons or a new pair of boots etc then I think its best if you set ...  Read the complete review