Guru.
Living in Cambra, Australia isn’t cheap, but that’s just what made Fiona Lippey so good at saving money.
Thirteen years ago, she was a personal assistant scraping by on minimum wage. Flash forward two decades later, and Lippey is one of Australia’s foremost personal finance gurus, known for her hit $21 Challenge book series and its website, SimpleSavings.com.au.
The change didn’t come overnight for Lippey, who grew up “moderately wealthy” with a civil engineer father and a mother who was a nurse. “They were never frugal,” said Lippey, so when she was strapped for cash in her early 20s, she tapped a girlfriend to show her the ropes of bargain shopping.
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Saving money: Finance guru explains how to live on $21 a week | Business Insider | Financial Post
Living in Cambra, Australia isn’t cheap, but that’s just what made Fiona Lippey so good at saving money.
Thirteen years ago, she was a personal assistant scraping by on minimum wage. Flash forward two decades later, and Lippey is one of Australia’s foremost personal finance gurus, known for her hit $21 Challenge book series and its website, SimpleSavings.com.au.
The change didn’t come overnight for Lippey, who grew up “moderately wealthy” with a civil engineer father and a mother who was a nurse. “They were never frugal,” said Lippey, so when she was strapped for cash in her early 20s, she tapped a girlfriend to show her the ropes of bargain shopping.
more or less
Saving money: Finance guru explains how to live on $21 a week | Business Insider | Financial Post