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The other day while clearing my desk draws, blasting this ‘clear your environment’ stuff, I came across a CD. Curiosity won (as it usually does with me) and a minute later I was looking at pictures taken on the day of my 45th birthday. I was looking at these…
Have you heard about the Hurlingham Club? If you have, you know much more about London private members’ clubs than I did a week ago. Apparently, the Hurlingham Club is recognised as one of Britain’s finest private members’ club, it was established in mid-nineteenth century and was the cradle of…
Today is Mother’s Day in the UK and we are making a bit of an occasion of it. Which, as the more observant amongst you may be quick to point out, goes against my nature for two reasons. First, I am a mother and proud of it (hey, after all…
After two flights and a short train journey I have finally arrived – in the Grand Hotel in Lund, Sweden. And before you start thinking that I am ‘jumping the niche’ – from personal finance to leisure and travel – this is not the case. I have always travelled rather…
It has been a week since I hit fifty; how is it? Great! It is the time of life when we are suspected of having mid-life crisis and, this applies more to us women, menopausal. As I say, it is the same as being in puberty but so much better…
What an enjoyable weekend we had! A weekend when, I hope, history was made and the personal finance bloggers in the UK got together to have our first conference. Well, OK some of the UK personal finance bloggers met but it is a start; apart from that I believe that…
Last Wednesday, coming back from Bonn, I noticed the exceptionally long lines at the ‘outside EU’ counter at passport control. On a whim I struck a conversation with the border control guard. ‘Very busy today’ – I said. ‘The overseas students are back’ – she replied. This kind of real…
Last week The Money Principle was included in six carnivals of Personal Finance. Thanks to the following: Carnival of MoneyPros at Young Cheap Living Carn. of Financial Camaraderie at Broke-Ass Mommy Wealth Artisan’s FinCarn at Wealth Artisan Yakezie Carnival at Stock Trend Investing Carnival of Retirement at Finance Product Reviews…
We are back after a week at the sea side; to say that it was glorious will be an understatement. It was so restful – we rented a comfortable apartment for a week at the cost of £200 ($350) which fills my PF blogger heart with joy and satisfaction. There…
Today is the day for our regular round up of epic money posts. It is also the official closing ceremony of the London Olympic games; and not surprisingly the end of the Personal Finance Olympics at GoBankingRates. Here it is time for another edition of the principled money posts series….