standing up to the green-eyed monster

Being envious is dangerous.
I’ve got a friend who is a few years older than me who has been in a long term relationship for about 10 years. Together they own the house that they live in and have another investment property. They have a sports car, which their selling to replace with a BMW. In [...]

seven great ideas for packed lunches

Its now officially autumn, and I’m entering into another phase of trying to be good. This time I’m trying to stop money frittering out of my wallet at lunchtime by bringing my own packed lunch to work where I can take advantage of a microwave. Here are seven of my current favourite ideas:

Beef chili burritos. [...]

class, money and education

Being in somewhat of an education minded state recently, I noticed this article on the BBC news website, that stated that you are significantly less likely to go Oxbridge if you went to a leading state school, compared to a leading independent school. There isn’t really too much surprise there as Oxbridge is known for [...]