plonkee money

an English-er's blog about personal finance

Thursday, 17 May 2007

Sorry - Moving Site

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Many apologies. I'm switching domains. Come and join me at www.plonkee.com . And if anyone can help me with my redirection of this webpa...
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Wednesday, 16 May 2007

what shall we do with the drunken plonkee?

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Aah, the cost of forgetfulness and trying to pack up on the morning after the night before. I went to a black tie do last night in another c...
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Tuesday, 15 May 2007

five steps: step 5 invest in the future

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This is the final post in an irregular series on the five steps to solid wealth . Step 1 was spending less than you earn, step 2 was payin...
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Monday, 14 May 2007

single and aiming for a financially stable partner

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Its probably (hopefully) not too obvious in this blog that I’m single (and as it happens female). I’m not looking for a boyfriend at the mom...
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100th carnival of personal finance

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The carnival of personal finance is 100 today and to celebrate madame x @ my open wallet has gathered together 100 of the best personal fi...
Friday, 11 May 2007

starting a business will not make you rich

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I've often read comments on other personal finance blogs that essentially state that the best way to generate wealth is to start your ow...
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let us celebrate and pfblogsround

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Let us all celebrate because the contracts for my new house came in the post yesterday. I'm sure you're all pleased to hear that the...
Thursday, 10 May 2007

taxing plonkee

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Those of you who have been reading my blog for a little while may have noticed that I've added some adverts to the site. They're ads...
Wednesday, 9 May 2007

setting goals

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I posted earlier that maybe getting out of debt was easier than just trying to get rich and the primarily this was because when you're ...
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Tuesday, 8 May 2007

carnival of personal finance no. 99

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The 99th carnival of personal finance is up at the tao of making money, a great blog written by golbguru. If you get the chance, check out t...
Monday, 7 May 2007

lending money to family

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A friend of mine was telling me how her younger sister had opened a credit card without telling her boyfriend (who she lives with) and had t...
Saturday, 5 May 2007

pfblogsround 5th May 2007

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Apologies for being late with the pfblogsround, my excuse is that I was attending a free classical music concert last night - not a great ex...
Friday, 4 May 2007

five steps: step 4 insure yourself adequately and no more

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This is the fourth in an irregular series on the five steps to solid wealth . Step 1 was spending less than you earn, step 2 was paying of...
Thursday, 3 May 2007

website review: money saving expert

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I'm trying to get round to reviewing all the websites I have listed as links to give you an idea of why I'm recommending them. The f...
Wednesday, 2 May 2007

getting out of debt would be easier

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Unlike many people, I'm in the fortunate position of not having any consumer debt. I often use my credit card, but it gets paid off in f...
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Tuesday, 1 May 2007

money and security

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In another doomed attempt to win a competition for which I am not eligible , I'm going to give a response to a post on five cent nickel...
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april 2007 plonkeesround

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Here are the best* posts from April 2007 tourist in london town save money whilst travelling in London pensions are actually invested in eq...
Monday, 30 April 2007

my friend has bought a house

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My friend has just completed on her new house, and I haven't got mine yet. Boo. I was in her house on the weekend and we were discussing...
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98th carnival of personal finance is up

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The 98th carnival of personal finance is being hosted by the King of Debt at we're in debt , so check it out. Beware of the post on fin...
Friday, 27 April 2007

money scripts: voting (part 2)

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To me, a money script is something that I believe I should do in connection to money, based primarily on something I absorbed as a child. I ...

pfblogsround 27th april 2007

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Welcome to another edition of pfblogsround where I round up the best posts this week from other pfblogs. On with the show: top 13 money savi...
Thursday, 26 April 2007

wealth and IQ

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I was reading in the free paper the Metro the other day that some scientists had found that people with a higher than average IQ were no m...
Wednesday, 25 April 2007

mere christianity and the library

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I'm posting this in a futile attempt to win to trent's book giveaway @ the simple dollar . He wants fifty words in response to one ...
Tuesday, 24 April 2007

fair trade ethics?

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When I buy coffee and tea to use at home, I make a point of always buying fairly traded brands. When I make teas and coffees at work, I alwa...
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97th carnival of personal finance hosted by endless gibberish

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The 97th carnival of personal finance is up at endless gibberish . Check out my personal favourite, the lazy man's guide to budgeting .
Monday, 23 April 2007

an imaginary strategy

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I wrote previously that I think that the best way to choose a pension is to decide on a strategy and work out the cheapest way to buy it. I...
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Friday, 20 April 2007

other people like me

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Some more nice bloggers have linked to me. So hello and thank you to frugal zeitgeist and jd @ get rich slowly , who liked tourist in londo...

student loans and salaries

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A colleague of mine was asking me the other day about the joys of student loans. In fact, they were asking me what the payments are on my lo...

pfblogsround 20th April 2007

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This week on some other excellent personal finance blogs: what is personal tax earmarking @ wisegeek this is a legendary idea, now all we ...
Thursday, 19 April 2007

pensions are actually invested in equities

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I've just been reading a Wealth Check in the Independent. Its one of those things where they take someone's current financial posit...
Wednesday, 18 April 2007

unpaid overtime sucks

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Last night I saw an excellent comedian. He was the headline act at my local comedy club, and he was so funny, the compere insisted that he c...
Tuesday, 17 April 2007

credit card ads

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Last night, I was watching some rubbish on tv. It was on one of the commercial channels so I was plagued by ad breaks every quarter of an ho...
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festival of frugality 17th April post

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I've been included in the festival of frugality at no credit needed . You should check out no credit needed for information and advice ...
Monday, 16 April 2007

tourist in london town

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London is an absolutely fantastic city, but it sure ain't cheap. Here are my best ideas for getting more for your money. Travel get a tr...
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carnival of personal finance no.96 is up

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jlp has hosted the carnival of personal finance number 96 at his uber-successful all financial matters blog. The carnival entries are cate...
Friday, 13 April 2007

i need a strategy

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I wrote here that I think that the best way to decide on which type of pension would suit is to have an overall strategy and then find the ...
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financial decisions in the last fortnight

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Since last weekend was the Easter Bank Holiday, I didn't post about my financial decisions. So I'll bring you up to date with this p...
Thursday, 12 April 2007

morbidity is nothing to be scared of

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Yesterday a most unusual event occurred. In conversation with a couple of people that I know, it transpired that one of them had just made t...

pfblogsround 12th April 2007

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Some excellent posts this week by other personal finance bloggers. My favourites have been: your total measure of wealth: job status @ punn...
Wednesday, 11 April 2007

a house is worth what someone will pay for it

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I was watching Selling Houses Abroad last night whilst waiting for the Life on Mars finale (immense series by the way). The main focus of ...
Tuesday, 10 April 2007

pensions allsorts

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In the UK, there are several different types of pensions, split into two groups: occupational pensions defined benefit = final salary define...

carnivals in the second week of april

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This week I am in a bunch of carnivals. Hooray! First up, the carnival of credit report stories which is being hosted at how I save money ....
Saturday, 7 April 2007

links to plonkee

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I just want to say hi and thanks to the excellent golbguru at the tao of making money , who liked one of my posts and also to the wonderfu...
Thursday, 5 April 2007

pfblogsround 5th april 2007

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This week on other personal finance blogs I've enjoyed: my 401(k) is better than yours @ blueprint for financial prosperity its always...

website review: organized home

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I thought I'd explain the reasons why each of the links listed on the right hand side of this blog are useful. I'm starting with my ...
Wednesday, 4 April 2007

five steps: step 3 grow an emergency savings account

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This is the third in an irregular series on the five steps to solid wealth . Step 1 was spending less than you earn, step 2 was paying off...
Tuesday, 3 April 2007

thank you to fmf

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As a by the way, thanks to Free Money Finance , with whom I checked some information for the following post on atheists and tithing and who ...

atheists should tithe

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Actually I don’t mean that atheists should tithe at all, I mean that humanists should donate a reasonable proportion of their income to char...
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