#febusave update – nearly 9,000 women signed up
Kate Carruthers Nearly 9,000 women signed up for the Febusave 2010 campaign, for example: 2,307 pledged to give up buying lunch 1,118 pledged to give up treats 162 pledged to give up…
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Progress report on my #febusave pledge
For the month of February I decided to give up driving to work and bank the savings. It’s been surprisingly easy to catch the train each day, even if it…
Savings plan progressing nicely for #febusave
As part of the ANZ Bank’s Febusave campaign I’ve been following up on my pledge to catch public transport as much as possible during February, especially for the commute to…
Savings and managing credit – a hard lesson to learn #febusave
We do not often share stories about our personal finances (except perhaps to boast of some great success?) but here are some hard won lessons I have learned. My parents…
Shanks’ Pony (a.k.a. taking a walk)
This fine institution – shanks’ pony – has been a vital part of human transport for generations. It is an old-fashioned term that means travelling by foot. I’ve been experimenting…
How you can reduce your lifetime energy footprint
Dr. Saul Griffith shares on Pop Tech! how we can reduce our lifetime energy usage. One key idea is making things last longer. He also shows Wattzon.com, a free online…
Is Procrastination a Useful Tool in Frugalism?
One thing I realised recently is that my tendency to procrastinate can be useful tool in deferring expenditure. There were several days after Christmas when I meant to go to…
List of things to simplify – finance
Thinking about things in my financial life that can be simplified or reduced: credit cards bank accounts superannuation fund accounts shopping insurance Off to work out an action plan to…
Shopping plans
I’ve never really bothered to plan my shopping & have traditionally just bought whatever appealed to me on the day. But that is all about to change. I’m going to…
Time for some public transport
This week my goal is to take public transport to the city on at least 3 business days. Just been checking out the NSW government 131500 website to plan my…