Discover how to live within your means and achieve financial freedom. Escape the constant cycle of consumer culture and stop seasonal overspending today.
Written 1st November 2024
It dawned on me that now Halloween is over, Christmas will arrive... in full swing... in the shops, in my adverts.... I wondered why I heard so many fireworks last night when it wasn't fireworks night, it was Halloween. Halloween used to be for kids, a bit of dressing up, a carved pumpkin and sweets...when did the way we celebrate have to change into another expensive event? We now need Halloween mugs, the house dressed up and fireworks...
... by 10am this morning eBay was notifying me of a pre black Friday sale.... What? I need to buy something today as well? Just because it's a Friday? Month end and payday with cash to spend? That extra discount making me more inclined to buy that thing I kind of wanted because there's a sale on?
The advertising is relentless. The world is now about you spending your money to make companies richer and the world go around. Start to ask yourself whether you really need to spend your money. Will people love you more if you have nicer things, more things, bigger things? Who are you trying to impress?
I'll tell you what's nicer... it's having some money in the bank, no debts, and having genuine friends who love or like you for you, not because of what you have.
I'm Lady Frugal... I'm an advocate of the 'make do and mend' brigade, the 'watch the pennies' brigade, the recycling brigade, the 'live within your means' brigade. Think I'm talking rubbish? Think it's not possible to be happy without having a new TV at Christmas, or buying M&S food? The latest car or phone? It truly is possible!! When you understand a few simple truths and get your head around them, you'll be able to live your life in financial comfort, without the continual need to shop.
In this site I'm going to share the things I've done, or maybe more not done, which have enabled me financial freedom from the rat race. To have paid off my mortgage before I was 40, even though I was a single parent, and to be effectively retired by 53. It is possible. I want to help people get off the spend work treadmill, manage what they have better and just to be more content with the simple things in life...
The relentless retail machine wants you to spend your future earnings on temporary seasonal distractions before the cash even hits your bank account. Head over to the Non-Essentials Calculator right now to hunt down your hidden annual spending leaks, see exactly how much your daily habits are costing you, and start backing Team Me today.