The Problems of #GirlMaths
I recently heard about #girlmaths, and it doesn’t make me happy. It involves specious calculations to reduce the cost of clothes/shoes/accessories to free…
Friendship, Haiku, Pleasure, Wealth, Wisdom
The Smell of Wood Smoke
The other day, a rare for this year sunny day, we took Clever girl for one of our longer weekend walks around the neighbourhood. There was a beautiful blue sky, ...
Friendship, Haiku, Pleasure, Wealth, Wisdom
Christmas is coming
I saw my first Christmas decorations recently, and I suddenly realised Christmas is coming. It came as quite a surprise – even though I’ve just done my quarterly plan, (or ...
Inflation and You
I’ve been watching the inflation rate with interest. And the local commercial tv stations running around like headless chickens talking about how disastrous inflation is and how we’re all ruined, ...
Money, Time, Health
As far as I am concerned, there are three aspects to wealth: money, time and health. As I say in Holistic Personal Finance, the value of money comes from the ...
Revisiting Just-in-Time Delivery
The concept of just-in-time delivery is essentially having ZERO stock on hand, ordering it when when you need it. In 2015, when I was long-term unemployed, I wrote a post ...
Small Business Saturday
I recently heard about Small Business Saturday. It’s an event in November taking place between the Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales to encourage people to shop locally. This year ...
The Cost of Money
Wealth is worth more than the cost of money. Wealth is an abundance of something, whether that’s time, money or physical wellbeing. And the relationship between them is illustrated below. ...
Product Price v Quality
First island windows in Melbourne ...
Is the Old or New Normal Better For You?
It’s been a while since we went into lockdown, and restrictions are finally easing. We can eat out, go shopping and send our kids to school. Politicians have “won” the ...
Wealthy is as Wealthy Does
There’s a proverb of sorts, Beauty is as Beauty does And according to Walt Disney (video has sound) at any rate, it means being kind and doing something nice for ...
The What, Why, and How of Pleasure
When times get tough, one of the first expenses cut is pleasure. In the face of all other considerations, it becomes frivolous and wasteful. And yet, without pleasure, life can ...
Electricity Humbug
The other day, our electricity went out, and I was a little surprised about how dependent on it we’ve become. Even though I’ve written about that before. Aside from the ...
Your Role as a Purchasing Agent
Have you ever thought about your role as a Purchasing Agent? Or are you like most people who just buy stuff? You might find it interesting to know that you need ...
How to Eat Well and Save Money on Food
As I mentioned for my 2016 Transplantiversary, I’m hoping to make some significant lifestyle changes to get down to the hospital recommended weight (and I’ve set up a monitoring page ...
Wealth Management for a Happy Retirement
Katy recently told me that her company had completed a tender for new cleaning services. She was working late the other day, and she met them. The tender “winners” are ...
Deliberations on Luxury
With the research for my new book Holistic Personal Finance progressing nicely, I’ve been thinking about luxury. Partly inspired by the old guy who just paid $55 for a packet ...
A Short History of Attitudes Towards Household Expenditure
I’ve started researching my next book, which is about Holistic Personal Finance. Like Build Your Signature Wardrobe, it draws on the wisdom our ancestors developed through Two World Wars and The ...
2015 Signature Wardrobe Summer Plan part 3
I have to say that I am really loving these Second World War summer uniform pictures – so stylish. In part one, I gave myself a budget of $500 to build a signature ...
2015 Signature Wardrobe Summer Plan part 2
Last time, I gave myself a budget of $500 ($334 for Cinderella clothes and $166 for Princess clothes) to build a signature summer wardrobe consisting of: 2 house outfits ...
2015 Signature Wardrobe Summer Plan part 1
After four years of unemployment, I have recently acknowledged to myself, that I probably won’t be leaving the house to go out to work in a nice air-conditioned office any ...
A Critique of Glamour’s “24 Fashion Essentials You’ll Need in 2015”
Stradbroke Day 1935 at Ascot (Brisbane, Australia) race day fashion essentials. By Contributor(s): The Queenslander (6 June 1935) , via Wikimedia Commons In a large nutshell, this is my ...
Wardrobe Planning 1935 style
Today’s advice about wardrobe planning 1935 style comes from a college textbook I discovered during my book research . It offers advice on designing and fitting clothing, gaining the most satisfaction from ...
How to Protect Yourself from Counterfeiters
Recently I had the misfortune to purchase counterfeit goods online. Owning counterfeit goods in Australia is illegal, let alone selling them. I found it very shocking – I thought I had been ...
The Benefit of Wardrobe Budgeting
As you know I am writing a book, called Signature Wardrobe Planning (all title feedback welcome by the way). It’s been a couple of weeks since I talked about the ...