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Oslo Money Diary – 2 Nights In The Expensive City!
Oslo is somewhere that has been on my radar for the past couple of years. But there was always somewhere else I wanted to go to more! Until I was planning a meet up with some of my uni friends and it worked out cheaper to meet up abroad than in the UK. Crazy right!! Cue days of back and forth. The logistics of flying from three different places in the UK was a nightmare. Oslo came out the reigning champion and our flights were booked. Two nights in one of the most expensive countries in the world – my budget was already crying! But how much did we actually…
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I Saved 63% Of My Income – 2022 Financial Review
2022 has been a wildride. I graduated, read 115 books, wrote a 10 thousand word dissertation, went to 2 weddings, ate countless bags of crisps, spent 48 hours on a train, saw my first west end show, slept in an airport, started housesitting for strangers off the internet, spent 7 weeks in the US, experienced an ice storm and so so much more… hands down the best year of my life to date!! But it’s all over and you know what that means! It’s time to review every penny I earned and spent over the year. Why are you sharing this? You’re probably thinking it’s weird to share all of…
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July 2022 Money Review
Here we are again! Another month gone, another money roundup. Time for a July money review. Scary how fast this year is going by – soon it will be Christmas again! What is a money review? It is where I share reflections on my finances from the previous month and detail every penny in and out. I find doing this at least monthly is a good way to stay connected to your finances. Plus, I love reading them back in a couple of months! Why do I share this? I know it might seem weird to share this on the internet, but I truly believe in creating the type of content…
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May 2022 Money Review – I spent how much?!?
Well what do we have here? A May money review! It’s about time 😂. It’s only taken me about three weeks to finally sit down and write this up but you know what they say better late than never right! What is a money review? It is where I share reflections on my finances from the previous month, and detail every penny in and out. I find doing this at least monthly is a good way to stay connected to your finances. Plus I love reading them back in a couple of months! Why do I share this? I know it might seem weird to share this on the internet…
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April Money Round Up
New month means it’s time to reflect on last month’s spending and earnings! Like all of my monthly money round ups – I will go through every penny out and in of my accounts this month. As well as my net worth progress – spoiler this was a BIG month for my net worth 🤩 Why do I share this? I know it might seem weird to share this on the internet but I truly believe in creating the type of content that I love and I am currently obsessed with seeing what people spend and earn. I also believe that the best way to break the money taboo is…
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How Much I Spend – Student Money Diaries #2
Back with another instalment in the student money series, where I share how much I spend as an ordinary student living in a UK city which has an average cost of living! Highlights of this week were a cocktail night and a day trip to Windermere! MONDAY No spend day!! Spent Monday working on my blog, doing reading for my dissertation and general lifemin (e.g. watering my plants and dusting my room). TOTAL = £0 TUESDAY 8am Wake up early and spend the morning working through my to-do list. 1pm Nipped to Aldi at lunchtime to pick up something for lunch and get some alcohol for later. £3.12 4pm Decide…
