Move To Portugal: Simple living and moving abroad

April 2012 Mini Goals (Mid Month Update)

April Mini Goals (Progress) Financial: Contribute £500 to our travel fund – The transfer to our travel fund will go through next week Overpay the mortgage by at least £1457.66 – The mortgage over payment will go through on the 1st Keep our grocery spending within budget (£200) – Before we left for our holiday we’d [...]

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New York, New York

travel love

I will never ever get bored of this city!

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New York – April 2012

travel love

Hello! Please excuse my absence. Life got a little busy before we headed out for our holidays. So. New York. We arrived yesterday to be be greeted by the most amazing weather - bright sunshine and 80 degree + heat. Yay. We didn’t have any set plans for today, we just headed out to explore (and [...]

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Reducing our energy usage

frugal living

The last time I wrote about our gas and electricity bills we were paying a combined monthly cost of £99. However since then we’ve managed to reduce the amount to £72. I’d like to take all the credit, but my son moving out during term time (university) has been the main reason – there’s a [...]

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2012 Goals – Q1 Progress

2012 goals

At first for 2012 I set 12 main goals but then I added a to do list! Here’s my progress, which may turn into a long post. 1. Reduce our mortgage to less than £83,000, which I changed to £80,000 within 4 days of the New Year starting! This is our main goal for 2012 [...]