My husband doesn’t listen! We have an understanding that because our wedding anniversary is 2 days before Valentine’s Day, that we don’t really celebrate Valentine’s Day. I should have known that he was going to do it to me again this year! He told me he was just popping down the road and came back with a beautiful long stemmed rose with a pack of ... Read More

Both Bill and I got a cheque sent to each of us because apparently there was an error in calculating interest on our savings. Mind you, we haven’t had a NAB account in about 5 years! Can you see the amounts on the cheques? 49c and 20c Seriously, NAB, it would have cost you more to send these cheques out! But, you know, if hundreds or ... Read More

My bank offers a Christmas Club account. I’m not sure what the interest rate is on it but I do know that you’re given one free withdrawal each year if you want to withdraw funds before November, and any withdrawals after that have a $5 fee. I TRY not to withdraw out of that account but in the past, unforeseen circumstances arose and we had to dip into it. ... Read More

Ahh, tax time. The time of year when you either hear of people complaining about how much tax they have paid or you hear of people yahooing about their awesome tax return and what they’re going to spend it on. There will be no big spending spree for us. Tax time also means car rego time for us so our return will be going towards the rego, green ... Read More

Did you know what Monday, 16th Feb was? Aussie Mastercard have named it “No Rip Off Day” and no, I didn’t plan a morning tea for it (I can see my RL friends sniggering!) Now I don’t usually like to post about credit cards on my blog but this caught my attention. Aussie has recently been calling on banks to lower the interest rates on credit ... Read More

If you do a search online, you will find a lot of opportunities to make money online. But it can take some time wading through the good ideas from the ones that are just a waste of your time. One of my favourite ways is to make money blogging about websites, products and services that I like and want to share with my readers. I usually write about what ... Read More

If you watched Oprah's show, you would have seen Suze Orman on there doing what she does best. I {heart} this woman! She tells it like it is and doesn't sugar coat it. Get your copy of Suze Orman's latest book, Suze Orman's 2009 Action Plan, for free! Offer expires at 11:59 p.m. CT on Thursday, January 15   Technorati Tags: suze orman,oprah,2009 action plan ... Read More

Getting a 10% bonus back on your car insurance premium sounds like a nice advantage and it was one of the reasons I chose our current car insurer. But I didn't realise that William, being under 18, was not going to be covered with our insurance. It means that we have to get some auto insurance quotes that will not only cover Bill and me, but needs to cover ... Read More

I don't know if our mail and parcels are getting stolen or something but I've had two parcels go missing containing items that I purchased from eBay. The sellers swear that they sent the items and I have received the stuff that I bought after these two things. I've also been getting phone calls from an insurance company who keeps wanting to give me a life insurance quote for ... Read More

With all the talk going around about the recent economic turmoil, it’s hard not to start freaking out when money and budgeting is on the mind. What’s more, Christmas is fast approaching and any chance to save a buck to buy more pressies seems like a good idea to me! Financial services aren’t usually my cup of tea, but this site is so easy to use and so helpful that ... Read More