Week 5: Indulge in a savings frenzy!

Seeing as how the past few weeks have been spent wading through the intricacies of insurance contracts and navigating government departments in order to track down long-lost superannuation (which, let’s face it, doesn’t really interest anyone) I think it’s time for something a bit lighter. So, let’s indulge in a savings frenzy!

This is the fun bit where you go through your budget (remember the one you put together in week 1?) and target a few areas for some concentrated saving activity. To make it easy I’ve already pre-nominated the areas as:

• electricity/gas

• water

• home phone/mobile/internet

• groceries

• two dozen extras.

Just as going on a diet isn’t about cutting out all the food you love, reducing ...

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