Money Saving Challenges I'm Doing in 2022

I'm all about saving money this year. 2022 is the year of being frugal! Kind of. I'm not perfect, but I'm trying. Anyway, here are the four money saving challenges I'm currently attempting.

Low Spend February | How I Did

My first "low spend" month is complete! In case you haven't already read my February Budget post, I got out £200 in cash and £50 in vouchers to spend for the entirety of the month. Unfortunately, I couldn't quite stick to my cash-only budget.

February Recap & March Goals

Well, February has certainly been an interesting month. I welcomed two new babies this month! My niece from Joshs sister, and Charlie's baby brother from his Dad and his girlfriend! Charlie is so excited about being a big brother and I'm loving having another niece to spoil. Unfortunately, in the same week, we also had to say goodbye to Charlie's Great Nan on his Dads side. I didn't get to see her so often anymore but it's so weird to think she isn't around anymore!

Colour B4 | Being More Me

Part one of "being more me" in 2022! The first thing I decided to tackle was my hair. Even though I didn't publish my Be More Me (part 3) post until this January, I actually had it written in December and had already purchased two boxes of Colour B4 hair colour remover. I was absolutely terrified and had no idea what to expect.

My Top Tips for Spending Bans

Me? Giving advice for spending bans? Hilarious. But, as I have said a few times, I'm really trying to curb my impulse spending in 2022 and why not share what's helping me? I do finally feel like I'm getting somewhere with my spending habits this month!

February Budget | Low Spend Month

I have been watching Tania Michele's cash budgeting youtube videos for around a year now, and last year I decided to invest in a cute pink envelope binder! I started well and had about £130 in it by my birthday. Unfortunately I ended up spending it all on rubbish from the corner shop. Oops.

January Spending Ban Update

My January spending ban is officially over! I actually don't think I did too bad but I also didn't do as well as I planned. I knew I would struggle with it though - that's the whole reason why I decided to do a spending ban! This particular ban was supposed to be for a full 31 days but I decided to cut it short on the 24th once all my bills were paid. 

January Recap & February Goals

January has been equally good and sucky! I definitely suffered with the January Blues but I've also had some really good times, including a lovely date with Josh, a family baby shower and impressing everyone at work! I still find it so crazy that I went from a job where I felt like most people hated me and didn't want me there, to being considered a strong team member and highly respected in less than a month!

The January Blues

Ahh the January blues. That little bit of sadness most of us suffer with after all the excitement of the festive season. I was so determined to not be affected by it this year, but it's just not that simple.

Be More Me | Part Three

Wow, it's been a while since I made a Be More Me blog post! If you're not sure what I mean, when I turned 25 I was having a bit of an image crisis. I felt like I didn't know who I was or what I liked anymore. So I made a plan to figure that out and "be more me."

No Spend Month

My main goal for January is to have a No Spend Month. It shouldn't be too hard as pay day is at the end of the month and I spent the majority of my late December pay, but I always manage to find a way to spend money.