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Travel is usually enjoyable and fun. Often it’s a reward for getting through another year at work. However, cheap travel is hard to find. I’ve only recently embarked on my path of effective money management to achieve comfortable wealth and financial freedom. So, I haven’t traditionally sought out cheap travel or been thrifty with money […]
Have you ever had one of those days at work where you just want to walk away? Maybe you don’t get promoted simply because you haven’t been around for as long? Maybe a bunch of clients treated you like shit because they were having a bad day? Or, maybe you’re organisation goes through a restructure […]
*This post may contain affiliate links. Ok, so I openly admit that I was rather hesitant to try Uber. The idea of using something that was unregulated in my State made the lawyer in me nervous. In fact, I was adamant that I wouldn’t use Uber until it was fully legal and regulated in Queensland. […]
As a new adoptee of a thrifty lifestyle, I have a confession to make… Eight weeks ago I spent $39 on a brand new Lonely Planet Guide about Western Europe. In my mind, I needed a last big “hoorah” trip before settling down and having kids. And Europe was to be it. To date, […]
As I sit down to write this blog entry this evening, one thing is making me very happy. I am currently sitting in the light of two down lights that are now only consuming 14 watts by being on, instead of the inefficient 100 watts that they were drawing less than two weeks ago. […]
My beloved and I have only been in our first house for about 4 months, 2 of which were spent just trying to keep our darling, sweetheart (read as turd) of a dog to stay in the yard. That activity alone cost us about 4 weekends, 3 days of leave from work and about […]
When I was in high school and University I had a part time job at an auto retailer. During my time there, I learned a thing or two about cars. I learned how to change my oil and oil filter, how to change my air and fuel filters, how to flush my radiator and change […]
Hi there. Considering that you’re here, I should probably tell you a bit more about myself (AKA, The Flawed Consumer)… I am 30 years old, female, married, with 2.0 fur kids and no human kids (just yet). I am Australian and live in Brisbane. My beloved and I just bought our first house 4 […]
Hi there. You might have heard a thing or two about being the Financial Independence Retire Early movement (FIRE). Financial Independence seems to be all the rage these days (that and fidget spinners!). With rising housing costs and a volatile job market, one could be forgiven for thinking that it’s just simply too hard to […]