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March 2010 (5)
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- 11: Finally Getting It! (3)
- 10: Essential Living Costs (3)
- 08: Bucket List: Revised in 2010 (4)
- 04: A Simple Health Choice Part Two (12)
- 02: The {Great} Mortgage Payoff: Progress (16)
February 2010 (11)
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- 27: Link Love: Bring on the Spring (2)
- 26: TV or not TV? (7)
- 22: Grocery Budget Challenge: £50 a week (10)
- 18: Mortgage Free and Renting (10)
- 16: Making a New Inspiration Board (0)
- 11: A Spending Hiatus (1)
- 10: Porridge – The Ultimate in Healthy and Frugal (13)
- 09: New Windows and a Step Closer to Renting (14)
- 04: Being inspired this Thursday by.. (7)
- 03: Grocery Budget 4 Week Challenge – Progress (6)
- 01: Lights, Camera, Action: February here we come! (3)
January 2010 (9)
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- 27: Simplifying and Reducing: The Final Phase (9)
- 25: Planning and Saving for Short Term Goals (13)
- 20: The Great Mortgage Payoff: 2020? (9)
- 18: Grocery Budget 4 Week Challenge (15)
- 17: Quick House Update {Constant Goal Reminder} (6)
- 13: Can you make cuts in your budget? (10)
- 11: A Simple Health Choice (9)
- 06: Achieving Financial Freedom (12)
- 01: Resolutions, Goals and Dreams (6)
December 2009 (2)
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- 31: Book reading for 2010 (10)
- 20: Are you ready for Christmas? (5)
November 2009 (9)
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- 30: Guest Post: Thoughts on Retiring Early to Asia (21)
- 26: How much does it cost to run your home? (17)
- 22: House Plans for 2010 (5)
- 15: Brainstorming Our Future: Simple Living (25)
- 13: A Simple Home (3)
- 11: Simplifying and Reducing: Keeping for Best? (14)
- 08: Mortgage Progress: November 2009 (3)
- 02: The Frugal, But Healthy, Food Budget (8)
- 01: Christmas: Back To Basics (4)
October 2009 (10)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: A little under the weather (2)
- 24: Saving Towards a Goal (3)
- 21: A Clear Out and a Move Around (5)
- 18: Can’t Cook, Won’t Cook (6)
- 16: A little re planning (10)
- 14: Bad Habits! (6)
- 11: Washington and New York in August (5)
- 09: Link Round Up: Life Planning (3)
- 05: Big Change: I’m escaping the 8 to 8 (25)
- 04: Rent or Sell? The Decision (9)
September 2009 (7)
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- 27: Simple and Automatic (4)
- 25: September Update: Emergency Fund Progress (7)
- 23: More Reducing! (10)
- 14: Earn More Challenge: Week 2 (7)
- 12: Simplifying and Reducing: How far can I go? (8)
- 08: Earn More Challenge: Week 1 (4)
- 04: Simplifying and Reducing My Clothing (27)
August 2009 (7)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: Earn More Challenge: September (6)
- 21: Organising: Packing My Case (2)
- 20: Menu Planning and The Grocery Budget (1)
- 18: Master House To Do (7)
- 16: A {practically} Empty Shoe Rack (6)
- 09: Getting The Basics Right (7)
- 08: I’m still here (2)
July 2009 (3)
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- 19: Getting A Life (7)
- 12: Weekly Update: July 12th 2009 (3)
- 05: I Love Sundays (3)
June 2009 (8)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 28: Change of Plans {Probably} (14)
- 21: Cleaning Relaxes Me! (6)
- 13: Funding Our Big Trip (4)
- 11: June Goals – A Little Late! (5)
- 07: Must See Places in the UK (8)
- 06: Basic Budget to Determine Your Emergency Fund (2)
- 05: June Update: Savings Progress (0)
- 04: Baby Steps To Your Dream (9)
May 2009 (11)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Lisbon Here We Come (6)
- 26: Ten Things I’m Loving (8)
- 23: Budget Meeting (12)
- 20: Show Me The Money (5)
- 17: Taking a Day Off (7)
- 12: A Travel Question (9)
- 11: Back To A {Summer} Menu Plan (2)
- 10: 52 Simple Organising Projects: Your Direct Payments (1)
- 08: Talking a Good Game (10)
- 04: What’s Your Dream? (18)
- 03: 52 Simple Organising Projects: Bathroom Cabinet (2)
April 2009 (17)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 29: May Mini Goals (6)
- 27: Changing Plans and Savings Goals (6)
- 26: Not Buying Clothes in 2009: Update (7)
- 26: 52 Simple Organising Projects: The Everything Drawer (2)
- 25: Ten Day Towards Health (5)
- 24: Getting Into The Garden (6)
- 22: Some Days…. (9)
- 19: 52 Simple Organising Projects: Sort Your Socks (7)
- 17: Link Love: Romance, Beauty, Simplicity and Motivation (5)
- 15: 100 Random Things About Me (6)
- 15: Financial Independence (5)
- 12: An Easter ramble (8)
- 09: Clearing That In Box (3)
- 07: Money and Goals (6)
- 05: 52 Simple Organising Projects: Pots and Pans (1)
- 03: Reducing the Energy Bills (3)
- 01: April Mini Goals (4)
March 2009 (18)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: Grocery Challenge Update (5)
- 29: 52 Simple Organising Projects: The Spending Diary (9)
- 26: Next Step: Improving Our Finances (7)
- 25: Steps We’ve Taken So Far (0)
- 25: In a New {Blog} Home (3)
- 23: The Romantic Notion (9)
- 22: Corners of My Home (1)
- 22: 52 Simple Organising Projects: Your Knitwear (0)
- 21: Spring Cleaning and Other To Do’s (4)
- 19: March Mini Goals (4)
- 15: Cash Grocery Shopping Challenge (6)
- 15: 52 Simple Organising Projects: A Balance Sheet (3)
- 14: Happy Days (5)
- 13: You can’t do everything! (3)
- 09: Hold on To Your Dreams (11)
- 08: 52 Simple Organising Projects: A Menu Plan (1)
- 01: Random Thought (5)
- 01: 52 Simple Organising Projects: Your Shoes (5)
February 2009 (16)
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- 28: The Great Mortgage Payoff: March Update (0)
- 25: Getting rid of the STUFF (6)
- 22: 52 Simple Organsing Projects: Go Paper Free (3)
- 21: The Stuff Fairy: Follow Up (4)
- 21: Saturday Link Love (1)
- 18: 4 Weekly Menu Plan (4)
- 18: The Stockpile – Ongoing progress (4)
- 15: The stuff fairy (8)
- 15: 52 Simple Organising Projects: Pens and Pencils (2)
- 14: Valentine’s Saturday Catch Up (0)
- 09: Laziness v Saving Money (5)
- 08: 52 Simple Organising Projects: Your Handbag (0)
- 07: The good life (2)
- 05: Get me on the flight now! (10)
- 01: February Mini Goals (3)
- 01: 52 Simple Organising Projects: Incoming Paperwork (8)
January 2009 (17)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: Stuff and more stuff (4)
- 28: What’s stopping you, or me? (4)
- 25: 52 Simple Organising Projects: A Kitchen Cupboard (6)
- 23: 7 things I want to do…… (9)
- 20: Stockpiling (3)
- 19: Dishwasher problems (3)
- 18: Simple Living – Part 2 (1)
- 18: 52 Simple Organising Projects: Your Bedlinen (4)
- 16: I’m not buying clothes in 2009 (12)
- 11: 52 Simple Organising Projects: The Make-Up Bag (11)
- 09: An uninspiring me space! (9)
- 07: Grocery challenge update (2)
- 04: 52 Simple Organising Projects: The Cutlery Draw (15)
- 04: 52 Simple Mini Organising Projects for 2009 (6)
- 04: A ramble about leaving the rat race (9)
- 02: The Great Mortgage Payoff (4)
- 01: My Bucket List (9)
December 2008 (12)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: And it’s a happy New Year from me! (6)
- 28: Getting ready for the New Year – links (3)
- 27: Storecupboard challenges… (9)
- 25: Happy Christmas (6)
- 20: Nearly there! (5)
- 16: A Simple Guide to Selling on eBay (5)
- 14: How is your time allocated? (6)
- 09: Priorities in 2009 – Financial (6)
- 06: Link Love (3)
- 04: Happy Anniversary to Mr Move To Portugal (6)
- 03: I love to travel….. (10)
- 02: The great mortgage payoff (6)
November 2008 (11)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 28: Speechless…for once (10)
- 26: 6 things you probably didn’t know about me (8)
- 24: Going on a surprise trip (8)
- 21: Building up the 2009 budget – Joint account (4)
- 18: Safety and Efficiency…getting the boiler serviced (2)
- 16: House Series: Front Door (10)
- 16: Small business ventures (12)
- 14: Updates and being a bad blogger………… (4)
- 09: Vinyl’s and family treasure (6)
- 07: Festivals and update (2)
- 01: The great mortgage payoff (10)
October 2008 (13)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Precycling (6)
- 26: A quest for a simpler life (7)
- 25: Organising: Financial Data (6)
- 19: Frugal breakfast date (12)
- 18: It’s party time (3)
- 15: Launderette (13)
- 14: Spot the new Blog Header (3)
- 12: Relaxing Sunday (4)
- 06: The {not so} great mortgage payoff (13)
- 05: To Do list for October (6)
- 04: Organising: Your wardrobe – Part 3 (3)
- 03: Organising: Your wardrobe – Part 2 (3)
- 02: Organising: Your wardrobe – Part 1 (5)
September 2008 (14)
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- 29: September Grocery Challenge wrap up.. (14)
- 28: This week…the kids edition (4)
- 27: Making do… (9)
- 21: Escaping the Rat Race (11)
- 20: Ten things I love… (9)
- 18: Menu Plan and grocery spending (5)
- 15: Organising: Spending Diary (12)
- 14: Lazy days and…. (7)
- 12: Life lessons..buy small (7)
- 11: Frugal menu planning for the novice cook (8)
- 08: Reducing the Gas and Electricity Costs (12)
- 07: Sunday Morning… (2)
- 03: Learning Portuguese (14)
- 02: The great mortgage payoff (11)
August 2008 (13)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: How frugal are you? (10)
- 30: August Grocery Challenge – Final Update (8)
- 23: Making the move to eco friendly laundry (7)
- 23: August Grocery Challenge – Update 2 (0)
- 22: Little savings (1)
- 20: Back with more determination (15)
- 11: Researching! (8)
- 11: August Grocery Challenge Update (1)
- 09: Link Love (10)
- 07: Cost of Living (5)
- 03: Reducing the junk mail (6)
- 02: August Grocery Challenge (4)
- 01: The great mortgage payoff (5)
July 2008 (10)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Calling all cooks – free food (6)
- 27: I finally made the Car Boot sale (11)
- 24: Being prepared (6)
- 24: Recycling packaging… (6)
- 23: Organising your blog reading (3)
- 22: Organising my Email (6)
- 18: Vinegar – ‘Natures secret weapon’ (7)
- 15: Simple Living – Part One (9)
- 15: Too busy! (0)
- 04: Prom night…..nothing frugal about it! (10)
June 2008 (12)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Recycling mobile phones in the UK (6)
- 29: Organising: Travel documents (5)
- 29: The great mortgage payoff (5)
- 24: Frugal repairs and fixes (0)
- 22: Meal costs (3)
- 21: New eco bags (3)
- 19: Energy prices to go up (0)
- 15: The great mortgage payoff (3)
- 13: Comparing supermarkets (4)
- 08: Survey Sites (3)
- 08: Still waiting to complete new mortgage (2)
- 01: The great mortgage payoff (8)
May 2008 (10)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 29: A typical day chez Move To Portugal (4)
- 23: May Update (3)
- 18: Grocery Spending so far in May (1)
- 16: Can you learn to cook at 43? (2)
- 14: Our Goals Board (7)
- 14: Renewal of passport – How much? (0)
- 10: Organising: Our housekeeping schedule (4)
- 07: Project grocery bill (0)
- 03: Organising: My meal planner (1)
- 02: The great mortgage payoff (5)
April 2008 (12)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 28: Retiring early? – No not me (2)
- 27: 67 (2)
- 27: It’s All Quiet (1)
- 26: The sun is shining – at last! (1)
- 21: The #149 Carnival of Personal Finance (1)
- 19: Organising: My paperwork (6)
- 17: Health cover in Portugal (3)
- 16: Holiday week update (1)
- 12: April update (4)
- 11: In one hand and out the other (1)
- 06: Renewing the house buildings insurance (2)
- 01: The great mortgage payoff (7)
March 2008 (10)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 22: Week-end round up – Portugal (2)
- 21: To ship or not to ship (6)
- 17: Financial happenings (3)
- 14: House prices (3)
- 12: Recommended Reading (5)
- 10: Saving money – Free toiletries (4)
- 09: Reviewing our goals (1)
- 06: Water Rates Bill (0)
- 05: Investing in our future (1)
- 01: The great mortgage pay off (3)
February 2008 (8)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 27: Home improvements and earth tremors (0)
- 25: Ten Tips for Selling at Car Boot Sales (2)
- 21: Frugal Living (3)
- 18: Blog Carnivals (3)
- 15: Re-Mortgaging (2)
- 13: Switching Utility Suppliers (3)
- 10: Extreme measures (3)
- 09: Mortgage pay off requires patience (4)
January 2008 (8)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: Mortgage Overpayment (3)
- 19: Menu Planning (1)
- 18: British Gas to increase prices by 15% (1)
- 13: Going Out (0)
- 12: Ongoing Utility Bills (0)
- 11: Doing it yourself (2)
- 04: Contact Form (0)
- 03: New Year De Clutter (4)
December 2007 (2)
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- 29: Mortgage overpayment (1)
- 27: Grocery costs (2)
November 2007 (4)
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- 23: Fuel Prices (0)
- 21: More on Utility Bills (1)
- 19: Plan to reduce Utility costs (5)
- 18: Utility expenses (0)
October 2007 (2)
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- 21: Sunday paper article (3)
- 16: Treats (0)
September 2007 (11)
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- 30: Reducing your outgoings (0)
- 27: All quiet…. (5)
- 22: Price book (2)
- 19: Portugal…. (2)
- 16: Having a Goal (0)
- 14: Buying in Portugal (2)
- 09: Car Boot Sale (3)
- 07: Renovation Projects (0)
- 05: Mortgage Payments (4)
- 02: Not Buying It – Being a frugalite (1)
- 01: Increasing our income (0)
August 2007 (8)
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- 30: Living Frugally – Saving money on grocery (1)
- 29: Balance Sheet for Portugal – August 2007 (0)
- 29: Setting our goals (2)
- 28: Deciding where to live (1)
- 27: Learning Portuguese (2)
- 26: Our house purchase and our mortgage (0)
- 26: Our Five Year Goals (0)
- 26: Our Plan (8)
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