In most families, friendships, and even workplaces, there is usually one person who seems to naturally “get” money. They are the one others turn to when a mortgage document needs decoding, when someone is trying to choose a KiwiSaver fund,…
Do you remember your very first job? I do, I was still at high school, and I was a tea lady in an old people’s home. I worked Saturday and Sunday afternoon and back in those days Saturday was time…
It's that time of year again. The days are getting shorter and colder. I think I’m a winter person, I love the cold crisp mornings, I don’ mind having to chip the ice of the windscreen before Jett and I…
I was having a coffee (I’m a tea girl) with a girlfriend, and chatting about everything friends talk about when they get together, including the state of the world, when she announced this was going to be her last coffee…
It’s that time of year for me, where I go through and do a thorough review of my personal spending. I track my spending against my money plan, and I do a cursory check at the end of each month…
I was out on my morning walk the other day with Jett, when I stopped to chat with the lovely lady who looks after the gardens around our local parks. She's one of those people who genuinely loves what she…
For the past few weeks, I have been having the, will I, won’t I, is this a good idea in the current economic environment argument with myself. Some days the Lynda that says, ‘just go for it’ wins, and on…
There’s still a lot of noise going on right now about the economy. Add to that we’re heading into winter, so more heating needed, the rising cost of everything (it certainly feels that way), fuel prices, uncertainty, and it’s easy…
Teaching kids about money during school holidays. I don’t have to worry about school holidays anymore. There was a sense of relief when my daughter no longer needed holiday programmes. I didn’t need to juggle working with her plans with…
Easter over for another year. and as I alluded to in my last article, my car didn’t leave home for most of the weekend. Instead of heading off to the Richmond Ranges each day (about 40km away) with Jett for…