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Why credit cards can be a GOOD thing (a collaborative post with Carina Advisors)
We hear it all the time – debt is bad, avoid debt at all costs. Often, people are terrified to even take out a credit card, fearing that it will start them on a slippery slope to financial ruin. I have had credit cards since I was 18 and I must confess, in my younger years I was irresponsible with them, barely managing to make the minimum payment each month whilst my balance grew higher and higher. Even though I had only accrued less than £1,000 of debt, my credit card bill felt like a chain around my neck. I educated myself and realised that I needed to clear my…
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Mrs Hinch Spring Cleaning Giveaway
It is now March and we are still getting a few sprinklings of snow here and there up here in Scotland. But every now and then there are brief moments where it feels like a hint of Spring is in the air – hooray! Spring is my favourite season, although there is one slight downside to to the brighter, warmer weather: the bright sunshine streaming through the windows shows up every speck of dust and grime in my house! Sometimes it feels like every surface is covered in a fine layer of yogurt and there are dirty fingerprints every where – the joy of having small kids. There is nothing…
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Win a Mothers’ Day Prize Bundle
Mothers’ Day is definitely a day for celebrating all the mums in our lives, whether it be you yourself as a mum, your own mum, your friends who are mums. Society massively undervalues our role and I only wish that we were as appreciated all year round as we are on Mothers’ Day! This year, the day falls on Sunday 22nd March so you now have just a few short weeks to get organised. I am delighted to announce that I have teamed up with a whole bunch of my fellow fabulous UK bloggers to run a giveaway. Why not enter to win the prizes for a special mum in…