Join me in a Cash Spring Clean

If you are a regular reader of YourBestFriendsGuidetoCash.co.uk, you know that I love getting a good deal. I believe that we should always try to get the most bang for our buck, no matter what our budget. Regardless of what you earn, why pay more for the same product or service if you don’t have to? Whether it is a household staple or a personal luxury, why should you spend more than necessary? Starting today, I’m launching a money-saving campaign called Cash Spring Clean. You may wonder why I would chose today to kick off a moneysaving campaign – after… View Post

Tricks for getting the best Black Friday deals

  UK shoppers are planning to spend an estimated £4.5bn in this year’s Black Friday sales, the equivalent of £165 per household, according to research from Go Compare, the comparison website. Black Friday officially kicks off today, but a third of us will splash our cash in the November sales bonanza that seems to last for weeks. What’s more, we have high expectations for hefty discounts too. A study by Topcashback.com found that while consumers hoped to save just £66 last year, now we have our sights set on a reduction of £193 – a savings of 47 per cent.… View Post

Your Ultimate Guide to Birthday Discounts & Freebies

  It’s November! Not only does that mean that Christmas is around the corner, but it is also the month of my birthday – oh, and my husband’s too. His lands on the 6th of November and mine falls less than a week later on the 12th – which makes for a lot of celebrating in less than a week. So, I’ve pulled together a list of the best offers and freebies out there that you can bag around your birthday. Bear in mind that most birthday offers require you to sign up a month before the actual day and can’t… View Post

Legal Expenses Insurance: a woman’s best friend

  Has there ever been a time in your life when you thought you could use the advice of a solicitor, but were put off due to the expensive legal fees? Perhaps you had a dispute with a neighbour or you felt that you were being discriminated at work? If you are anything like me, you probably did the mental maths to try to work out if the high cost of professional advice was worth it. To make matters worse, few of us actually know what getting help from a lawyer actually costs. I’ll give you a hint: it’s a… View Post

The budget beauty products that deserve a spot in your make-up bag

I like luxury beauty products as much as the next girl. I blame it on years of charity staff sales at The Telegraph. When the magazine staff would gather up all their leftover samples, dump them out on a table and let us snatch up brands such as Chanel, Givenchy and MAC for just £1 a product. You can imagine the horror I felt when one night I left my gym kit – and cosmetic bag! – on the train. How could I ever justify replacing the gems I had acquired over those years? The make up alone would have cost hundreds to buy at full… View Post

Property portals: a criminal’s favourite way to shop online

  On the school run this week, I noticed a mobile fishmonger outside the house of one of my daughter’s classmates and made a mental note to check out the service for myself. But later that evening I get a message from a local friend which said that there had been a couple of men in white butcher coats going door to door trying to sell “fresh fish” in an unrefrigerated van. But it turns out, they didn’t have price lists. In fact, they didn’t have any fish either. Yikes. After a little digging online, I discovered that, according to… View Post