Karen Tippett


Getting started again

Posted March 15th, 2015

After being super keen on saving money when we lived in Australia, it seems to have become a lower priority, despite us needing to save more. We have two kids and hubby works part time (with assurances that full time work is coming), and work is hard to find in my industry.

We are doing some long term big picture stuff:

  • trying to start our own business
  • I am studying (fee free!) to get into a new industry and start my own separate business

It's the smaller things that are being left behind. In spite of planning our meals every week, at the end of some days I think bugger the budget, I just can't brain tonight, so we end up having fish & chips or pizza for dinner.

My goals for this week:

  • Plan all meals and pre-prepare as much as possible
  • take snacks and drinks with us to after school activities so kids don't whine on the way home (thereby avoiding the quick stop for something junky and expensive)
  • Bake desserts that can be heated up / have nice fruit instead of sending hubby out for dessert.

Lets see how this goes....

Blog Posts by Karen Tippett

March 2015
  • Getting started again