Mrs Crunch’s Website of the Week!
I’m absolutely thrilled to have featured as “Website of the Week” in Mrs Crunch’s section in The Sun newspaper this week! If you’re not familiar with Mrs Crunch, her section provides readers with weekly hints and tips on how to save money and stretch your finances further. It’s an absolute honour to have been featured!
Mrs Crunch’s Website of the Week!
In case you missed it, here’s the feature!
Some of you will already be familiar with how I first got to be so determined to make extra money – but those times when both myself and my husband were out of work will never leave me. We already had a toddler (who’s now almost 12) and a baby on the way, it wasn’t a fun time! With a mortgage to pay and Christmas on the horizon, I knew that we had to do something drastic.
My Money Cottage wasn’t actually “born” until late 2016 – in many ways I wish I’d started it sooner! I’ve learnt a lot over the last 10 years or so, and I hope you’ll find some of it useful too.
Now, with three children, aged 2, 8 and 11 as I write this, I work part-time from home and still do lots of side hustles too.
My top money tips:
- You need a side hustle. Hardly any families can rely on just one income stream any more, or even two – so make sure you find a way to make extra money. I do lots of side hustles but if you only have time for one, pick something you enjoy. It might be mystery shopping, reselling second-hand goods, running an Etsy shop…the list is endless.
- Make a meal plan and never deviate from it. We’ve saved a fortune just by planning ahead each week. Write out the meals you’re going to have, then use that to create a shopping list. Stick to that list and you will save.
- It may seem simple but know your budget. So many people get into debt as they haven’t worked it out. Take an hour or two to assess income against outgoings as it will inform everything else you do.
I have so many tips on saving money and making extra cash, it wouldn’t have been possible to cram them all into one article, that’s why I love sharing things on my blog and social media channels. If you aren’t already following me on social media, then I’d love to see you! You can find me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
I’m also a huge bargain hunter, and I’ve set up a Facebook group here to share my best finds too!
Congrats on the newspaper article! That is awesome! Some fabulous tips and cannot recommend meal planning highly enough! Sim x
Thank you 🙂 I was so nervous about putting myself out there, but I’m glad I did!
Meal planning is definitely something we need to do more of, we would definitely save both time and money x
Wooohooo!! Go you! I love it when things like that happen! 🙂 Great tips though, I have a few side hustles that sort of come and go at different times.
Congratulations!! Fabulous, so good to have such a helpful blog out there! 😉
Fingers crossed that feature brings you lots of new readers, and that they stick around. Good luck!L
Congratulations on being website of the week, that is no mean feat! You have some great tips, I believe in meal planning too, it saves money and the stress of trying to think of what to eat every day.
Congratulations on being website of the week! Making a meal plan is the big one for me, I am terrible at it and we end up spending way more!
Well done! I hope this has generated some new traffic for you – it’s nice to get media coverage for something you’re passionate about.
That is awesome – well done you, that’s great news. Kaz
Oh wow, congrats on the feature 🙂 Well done. Hope you got lots of page views.
Oh thats wonderful well done you! Meal planning is something I really want to get better at. We are hoping to move so need to watch the pennies xx
Congrats on the newspaper article! Some fab tips! Being on maternity leave I’ve started selling things on eBay for some extra pennies! X #bloggerclubuk
Congratulations on being featured! That’s fab. I really do need to start sticking to my meal plan!
How exciting to get your website featured in the newspaper, here’s hoping it brings you lots of lovely new traffic. Fab tips too, I definitely agree that it is prettt much impossible to live off one wage these days, even if it’s a good wage!xx