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Welcome to the 12 DIYs of Christmas! Today is the 7th December which means I am sharing my 7th Christmas DIY with you.
Christmas can be a seriously expensive time of year and so I will be sharing DIY Christmas gift ideas as well as some thrifty decor ideas to help you to stay on budget this December.
On the 7th DIY of Christmas Thrifty Londoner sent to me…
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Welcome to the 12 DIYs of Christmas! Today is the 6th December which means I am sharing my 6th Christmas DIY with you.
Christmas can be a seriously expensive time of year and so I will be sharing DIY Christmas gift ideas as well as some thrifty decor ideas to help you to stay on budget this December.
On the 6th DIY of Christmas Thrifty Londoner sent to me…
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Welcome to the 12 DIYs of Christmas! Today is the 5th December which means I am sharing my 5th Christmas DIY with you.
Christmas can be a seriously expensive time of year and so I will be sharing DIY Christmas gift ideas as well as some thrifty decor ideas to help you to stay on budget this December.
On the 5th DIY of Christmas Thrifty Londoner sent to me…
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Welcome to the 12 DIYs of Christmas! Today is the 4th December which means I am sharing my 4th Christmas DIY with you.
Christmas can be a seriously expensive time of year and so I will be sharing DIY Christmas gift ideas as well as some DIY Christmas decorations and thrifty food ideas to help you to stay on budget this December.
On the 4th DIY of Christmas Thrifty Londoner sent to me…
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Welcome to the 12 DIYs of Christmas! Today is the 3rd December which means I am sharing my 3rd Christmas DIY with you.
Christmas can be a seriously expensive time of year and so I will be sharing DIY Christmas gift ideas as well as some thrifty decor ideas to help you to stay on budget this December.
On the 3rd DIY of Christmas Thrifty Londoner sent to me…
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Welcome to the 12 DIYs of Christmas! Today is the 2nd December which means I am sharing my 2nd Christmas DIY with you.
Christmas can be a seriously expensive time of year and so I will be sharing DIY Christmas gift ideas as well as some thrifty decor ideas to help you to stay on budget this December.
On the 2nd DIY of Christmas Thrifty Londoner sent to me…
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Welcome to the 12 DIYs of Christmas! Today kicks off a series of 12 Christmas DIYs which I will be sharing with you throughout the first 12 days of December.
Christmas can be a seriously expensive time of year and so I will be sharing DIY Christmas gift ideas as well as some thrifty decor ideas to help you to stay on budget this December.
On the 1st DIY of Christmas Thrifty Londoner sent to me…
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The phenomenon that is Black Friday seems to have spread throughout the UK in recent years, with retailers even offering huge discounts in the week prior to the big day itself. With the ever rising popularity of online shopping, Cyber Monday has now also become a huge discount shopping day- so if you feel that you didn’t get all the gifts you wanted to buy for Christmas on Friday- today is your best chance to grab some bargains before Christmas Day.
Cyber Monday is traditionally (and I use that term loosely) when you can get the very best discount deals online, despite the fact that many online businesses also now promote deals on Black Friday. This means that today, it’s time to get out your list, and head online to see what savings you could make. To get the absolute best savings, it’s also a great idea to log onto a cashback website like Topcashback or Quidco so that you can get some money back on what you buy.
The trouble with hunting around online, is that you might not be able to find the best deals with a simple google search. If you use a site like LatestDealsUK, you are able to view the most exclusive flash sales and discounts for a huge number of brands and retailers, all on one page. For example, if you were looking for some discounted accessories as a gift for your other half, you could search by product category and easily find what you are looking for. There is even a free Black Friday app that you can use to find the best deals with the latest offers from retail giants such as Amazon and Argos.
LatestDealsUK also shows you the best deals throughout the year, so that you can see the biggest savings to be made at any time- not just on the Black Friday weekend. Not only are flash discount events listed throughout the year, but you can also find voucher codes and sales listings on the site too. It’s a must to check the site before buying gifts online to ensure that you save as much money as possible on your purchases.
Have you been able to secure some bargains already this weekend? I personally left a few things on my Christmas shopping list that I knew I would be able to get with a discount on Black Friday, and I’m so glad I waited as I was able to get 20% off a couple of gifts. I would love to hear about any deals that you have found to ensure that this Christmas is a thrifty one!
This is a collaborative post.
Today I’m sharing the seventh instalment of my bi-weekly series, ‘Savings Stories,’ where I speak to millennial Londoners about their personal finances. Our personal finances are often kept under wraps, with conversations about money usually kept to a minimum- making it hard to know whether anyone else is going through the same things as you. ‘Savings Stories’ aims to start a conversation about our finances, and lift the lid on millennial spending and saving- is the reason we can’t afford property in London really about overspending on avocados and lattes? I think not.
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For a long time, as soon as I saw or heard the word ‘pension,’ I immediately switched off. Workplace pension contributions equalled something boring that I didn’t need to know about until much later in life. For the last two years I have been pootling along and contributing the minimum amount required (3% of my salary at the time of writing), and up until recently I hadn’t really given my pension a second thought. However, since learning more about personal finance, it became all too clear that a 3% pension contribution just wasn’t going to cut it. You hear, read, and see varying opinions about how much you should be contributing to your pension, and at what age- but what is the right answer?
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