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Penny's Blog

Welcome to Penny Wise's 'blog'! This started as a treat for Vault members but Penny's blog is so good we think everyone should have the opportunity to learn from her life. So we are trying to find a balance between free and Vault member's entries. If you are a Vault member and logged in, you can view everything. If you are not a member, some entries will be inaccessable and appear greyed out.

May 2013

  • 6th - The Kindness of Strangers
  • 13th - Better late than never!
  • 21st - 3000 camels???

April 2013

  • 9th - It's been awhile...
  • 10th - With a little help from my friends...
  • 14th - Teach a man to fish...
  • 17th - Save our scraps!
  • 29th - The $26 Challenge

May 2012

  • 25th - It's now or never

April 2012

  • 2nd - Mr Patel - World Famous in NZ!
  • 29th - You can't take it with you

March 2012

  • 9th - Bigger fish to fry
  • 20th - Paying the price for being too nice
  • 31st - The 'Haven't Got $21' Challenge

February 2012

  • 9th - Onwards and upwards
  • 28th - Happiness is a pair of red shoes

January 2012

  • 10th - All the small things
  • 29th - Lime & soda

December 2011

  • 31st - Happy New Year!

November 2011

  • 1st - A song to get me home
  • 8th - Lessons in love
  • 19th - 'Financially challenged'
  • 30th - Real life, real fun

October 2011

  • 11th - Gone to have a pity party...
  • 26th - Little bits REALLY add up!

September 2011

  • 9th - Every cloud has a silver lining
  • 15th - Going 'without'
  • 23rd - That's what friends are for

August 2011

  • 1st - Food for the brain!
  • 11th - What a difference a month makes...
  • 17th - Everyday triumphs
  • 19th - A wee journey back in time
  • 26th - Creative thinking

July 2011

  • 8th - Hooray for R.A.O.K's!
  • 20th - Social whirl
  • 29th - Conquering the washing mountain

June 2011

  • 6th - Plan? What plan?
  • 9th - The Pantry Pirates!
  • 14th - Growing great boys
  • 17th - Father & Son Flu
  • 23rd - Legging it for Louis

May 2011

  • 2nd - My indulgence for today
  • 9th - All I want is you
  • 17th - Grin and wear it

April 2011

  • 3rd - Naughty Noo Noos!
  • 12th - Turning Japanese
  • 18th - Doom and gloom
  • 29th - Dance like nobody's watching

March 2011

February 2011

  • 4th - Too many blessings to count
  • 12th - Not just jam
  • 16th - Hooray for Hidden Gems!
  • 21st - No Spend! No way :-(
  • 24th - Girly pockets

January 2011

  • 14th - Baseball bats and tornadoes
  • 24th - Two wrongs don't make a right
  • 28th - Talk the talk, walk the walk

December 2010

November 2010

October 2010

  • 11th - Proud
  • 20th - A new patch of paradise
  • 27th - Small house, happy life

September 2010

August 2010

  • 2nd - Are youse fullas rich?
  • 4th - Against the grain
  • 10th - Gut instinct
  • 17th - Serendipity
  • 25th - Great expectations
  • 31st - Ostriches

July 2010

  • 13th - Times like these
  • 19th - Too much like hard work
  • 23rd - That's my boy!

June 2010

May 2010

  • 5th - Salesperson of the Year!
  • 20th - Home Comforts
  • 26th - New tricks

April 2010

March 2010

  • 2nd - We could be heroes...
  • 11th - $1.00 x 18,000
  • 17th - No such thing as a free lunch
  • 25th - A Changed Man

February 2010

January 2010

December 2009

November 2009

October 2009

  • 5th - Hard wired
  • 11th - The 100 Mile Challenge
  • 18th - Getting your priorities right
  • 20th - Wellington here we come!
  • 25th - The Big Road Trip!
  • 26th - Doing it tough

September 2009

August 2009

July 2009

  • 8th - Stop the world, I wanna get off!
  • 21st - Purging Sad Sally
  • 23rd - The Snowball Effect
  • 27th - The Credit Controller from Hell

June 2009

May 2009

April 2009

March 2009

February 2009

January 2009

December 2008

November 2008

October 2008

September 2008

August 2008

July 2008

June 2008

May 2008

April 2008

March 2008

February 2008

January 2008

December 2007

November 2007

  • 5th - Painting the town red
  • 8th - The Simple (Savings) Life
  • 15th - Disorganised Christmas
  • 22nd - Desperately seeking Stan
  • 26th - The $10,000 Challenge - yikes!
  • 29th - What's the world coming to?!

October 2007

  • 3rd - 21st Century boys
  • 8th - The power of positive thinking
  • 16th - Lady luck
  • 19th - A new commitment
  • 27th - King of the boring trolleys
  • 30th - Drunk and disorderly

September 2007

  • 3rd - Living the caveman way
  • 11th - Chained to the kitchen
  • 14th - These are a few of my favourite things...
  • 19th - Declined!
  • 21st - A real 'Ray' of sunshine
  • 26th - Rock and a hard place

August 2007

July 2007

  • 4th - Ignorance is bliss
  • 12th - Tightfisted in Taupo!
  • 16th - Paying less with pride
  • 24th - A dog's life
  • 27th - Bedlumps and pomegranates
  • 30th - Back into the groove

June 2007

  • 1st - New tricks
  • 4th - Starvation diet
  • 10th - Black to red and back again
  • 14th - We're all sick :-(
  • 18th - Murphy's law
  • 22nd - All hail Sophie Gray!
  • 25th - Christmas rebellion
  • 29th - People watching

May 2007

April 2007

March 2007

February 2007

January 2007

  • 2nd - All in it together
  • 9th - Ups and downs
  • 13th - Invasion of the Cauliflowers
  • 16th - Keeping things in perspective
  • 23rd - Living with Mr Hyde
  • 26th - Hunters and gatherers
  • 30th - Back-to-front-itis

December 2006

November 2006

  • 5th - Never know until you try
  • 8th - Fuzzy logic
  • 13th - Thinking outside the square
  • 15th - Smaller size feet
  • 21st - Santa's little helper
  • 26th - One of those days...
  • 28th - Fabulous freebies

October 2006

  • 2nd - Getting tough on bad habits
  • 4th - Savings sanctuary
  • 9th - Goal setting
  • 15th - Reaping what we sow
  • 18th - Forum therapy
  • 23rd - How low can you go?
  • 26th - It's the thought that counts
  • 30th - A swinging time!

September 2006

August 2006

July 2006

  • 5th - Lifesaving holiday hints
  • 10th - 'D' is for...
  • 13th - Bananas and broccoli
  • 18th - Comfort food
  • 27th - A quick update
  • 29th - Cleaning frenzy!

June 2006

May 2006

April 2006

March 2006

February 2006

January 2006

December 2005

November 2005

October 2005

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August 2005

July 2005

June 2005

May 2005