April is my birthday month so from April 11, 2021 until May 10, 2021 there will be 36 giveaways and discounts you can enter or get. 36 because I turned 36 this month! To be in notified of them all the best things to do are: Follow The Thrifty Issue on Facebook Join The Thrifty […]
What Would you do if you Found Yourself Homeless? Originally written in 2014, I decided to update it given the extreme homeless issue I am seeing everywhere, especially where I live in Noosa. In the past, I did a lot of work around homelessness because I was a homeless single mother. Homelessness impacts everyone. Anyone […]
Do you Struggle to Afford Medical Care While Living on Centrelink or a low Income? Read on to learn how to cover some major medical expenses, afford the help you need and what free help is available for those on Centrelink or low incomes. Disclosure, there are a couple of affiliate links in this post […]
What are the Best Books for Mums Which Aren’t About Motherhood or Parenting? So many mums I speak with share how they lost themselves as a mother, have no time and don’t pursue their own interests anymore. Their health, hobbies and needs are second to everyone else in the family. Often, they feel exhausted, worn […]
How can you Survive on one Income? Whether you’re a single parent family, one partner works and the other stays at home, one of you lost their job or one of you is sick, there are numerous reasons families have to rely on one income. Depending on the size of the single income, it can […]
Do you hear the word budget and think “Yeah, I should do that, but how?” or do you think “Ugh, I can never stick to my budget!” This post outlines how to create a budget plus how to stick to it. Let’s face it a budget is useless if you don’t stick to it! What […]
How much Could you Save if you were able to get a Discount on Every Purchase? Aside from checking the clearance racks, there are a few other tricks you can use to get discount codes, special offers and freebies to save you money. This post contains affiliate links to products and services we use and […]
By Jessie Petterd, iSelect spokeswoman Disclosure: we occasionally have posts from others on topics outside our scope of expertise. This post was provided by Jessie Petterd, whom we’ve worked with over the years from iSelect. Private health insurance is going up (yep, again!) on April 1st this year. This is the second time in just […]
I have always had super low bills. It’s not hard to reduce the cost of electricity while still having a comfortable lifestyle. A few years ago, I did a seminar for lawyers on ways to save money. I had my most recent electricity bill up on the screen and they squealed asking how I got it […]
Can you Really Survive Without a Car? Disclosure we use affiliate links for products and services we personally use. I’ve lived without a car a few times but it does depend on where you live and how much time matters to you. In Melbourne for over a year, sometimes in Sydney, a couple of months […]
