I saved £1,700 a month and halved my food bill with rigid, non negotiable household rules. Spring cleaning my family's finances has truly been life

Our family finances reached breaking point at the end of last year. As well as the usual expense of Christmas, my son's birthday is in December, which makes that time painful financially.


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