The other day, our electricity went out, and I was a little surprised about how dependent on it we’ve become….
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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?…
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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…
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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…
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Deliberations on Luxury
With the research for my new book Holistic Personal Finance progressing nicely, I’ve been thinking about luxury. Partly inspired by…
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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…
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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,…
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2015 Signature Wardrobe Summer Plan part 2
Last time, I gave myself a budget of $500 ($334 for Cinderella [house] clothes and $166 for Princess [good] clothes) to…
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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…
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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) [Public domain],…
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Wardrobe Planning 1935 style
Today’s advice about wardrobe planning 1935 style comes from a college textbook I discovered during my book research [1]. It…
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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…
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The Benefit of Wardrobe Budgeting
As you know I am writing a book, called Build Your Signature Wardrobe (all title feedback welcome by the way). It’s…
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Young Spirit v Older Body
I received a not-for-profit solicitation in the mail the other day. It’s an organisation that I believe does worthwhile work in…
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How to Make the Perfect Pizza
I thought today for something different, I would share one of the very great pleasures of being unemployed – “real”…
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