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We all get peckish from time to time. I know I do and I also know that when this happens it is tempting to go out and buy some biscuits And eat the whole packet, of course, which is probably about 2.5 million calories (gosh, I like that number but…
Almost everyone, really. At this very moment the internet is congested by articles and posts telling you that New Year’s resolutions don’t work, why they don’t work and how to make sure that they do work. I’m telling you they do work! But you’ll have to keep them simple and…
I love the end of the year; mainly because of the promise it carries for something new and different; and vecause it is the time when I do my annual review. The last days of the year are also the time when I carry out my annual review, consider…
It is Christmas Eve and for me, as an Eastern Orthodox Bulgarian, this is when the celebrations really happen. It is a family thing; not a noisy, showy affair full of presents but a family meal. The meal consists of many vegetarian dishes: after all it is the last meal…
These last couple of weeks I’ve been living in a tiredness and stress related fog-like state. Had to do the last of my teaching and the later in the semester it is, the more it takes out of me. Marking has started coming in; and of course it has to…
The economic downturn has led to more people keeping a closer eye on their finances. Impulse buys are becoming less and less common. It’s not just one-off luxury purchases that consumers are avoiding; many are also trying to make savings on anything from everyday essentials to their monthly household bills….
You know what? I gave Black Friday a miss: it isn’t that big in the UK but I would have missed it anyway. Yesterday I briefly considered buying some stuff for my sons on the Internet; than remembered it is Cyber Monday and decided that shopping can wait. What’s so…
All you have to do is to take the quiz Barclaycard and researchers from the University of Brunel have developed. This will ask you to answer few questions and will place you in one of four ‘shopping tribes’. Oh, and don’t believe the bubble saying ‘It takes 60 seconds to…
I wrote recently about my money mentality. I want to tell you how this approach led – or at least contributed substantially – to the crisis we had that was almost fatal. I have always lived with debt but that has not been through frivolous spending, rather the occasional splurge…
Editor’s note: MoneySuperMarket have done some interesting research on the spending about which we choose not to tell our partners and spouses. This spending often leads to debt which make things so much worse between couples. With Christmas approaching, I thought that publishing this press release may serve as a…
You already know that I like to do things I’ve never done, right? Presenting at Ignite – an event at FinCon13 – was one of those things. I speak as part of my job. I teach students: from undergrads to Master’s and Doctoral students. The other day one of my…
Twenty three years ago today a South African guy called Daren took me on a date. How do I remember? I remember it not because Daren was a great date: he really bored me and then there was a small cultural misunderstanding involving a very large amount of alcohol. He…