Sunday 24 February 2019

My Kids Watching My Trip To London #teamTIGHTWAD 020



We are #teamTIGHTWAD, and this day we found joy spending on...

- Park and Ride parking fee.
- Free ticket to historic dockyard.
There’s two words that spark joy in kids.
- 2x portions of chips and a sausage.
- 1x Lost coat at historic dockyard, we think in Boathouse Number 4.
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It's a really great book, but I can't work out what my one word is.
TightwadDad? teamTIGHTWAD? familyJOY?

MY KIDS WATCH MY LONDON TRIP #TightwadDad VLOG 003 | Neil Mossey



What's that?
Are you sure it's just two minutes
Yes - it’s 2 minutes... three minutes...
Okay
So I made this especially for you
okay yeah
Okay so, here we go.
Wow that’s loud.

[LOUD MUSIC] Hello, I'm Neil Mossey I'm from #TightwadDad.
This is gonna be a weird video.
I've come to London today.
I'm shooting this on my phone, I don't even know if it's in focus--

I CAN’T SEE YOUR EYES. THEY’RE LIKE BLACK HOLES.
- so my family gets to see what I do.

YOUR EYES! I CAN’T SEE YOUR EYES.
I LIKE HOW YOU MAKE SOME COPIES OF LONDON.
YEAH, I LIKE HOW YOU’VE PUT BUBBLE WRITING ON “LONDON”.
--the amount of JOY it brought me? Probably 9. Cuz look it brought me here.
[LOUD MUSIC]
£23 QUID! TO GO HERE.
-- my toe is still bust, let's have a look.

UGH! HAVE YOU EXPLAINED TO YOUTUBE WHY? HOW THAT (HAPPENED)?
ARE YOU GONNA BE EMBARRASSED? WHEN YOU SAY, YEAH THIS IS EMBARRASSING.
But where I'm going next is somewhere very special.
[LOUD MUSIC]
AWWWWW!

I HATE YOU! DAD I HATE YOU! YOU GOT A MCDONALDS! IN FRONT OF MY FACE!
--the JOY was about 5.
WAIT, HOW DID HE KNOW THAT I WOULD BE JEALOUS?
WELL HE KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO WATCH IT, IF YOU WERE.
[LOUD MUSIC] So I'm going to a quiet area now, I don't know if I'm going to be able to film. I'll maybe sneak a shot.
"Doors opening" [SILENCE - PEN SCRATCHING]

[LOUD MUSIC] THAT’S TEN.
Okay so that was free because I've already paid and the JOY is about 10 - that was really nice. Now I'm gonna cross the river again... one more time. I've got to be in Tottenham Court Road by 3:00 for a meeting. [LOUD MUSIC]
I DON’T LIKE THAT YOU’VE DONE LONDON TWICE.
WHY DID?
BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL GET THE IDEA THAT IT’S THERE.

DAD, WHY DO PEOPLE SPRAY STUFF ON THE WALLS?
IT’S ART.
IT’S ART, STELLA.
WELL IT’S STILL BAD.
IT’S ART.

OH, OLLIE WOULD LOVE THAT, IF HE SEES THAT.
The JOY there was 10. I've got 5 minutes to spare so I timed that really well.
[QUIET TAXI STREET SOUNDS] LOOK AT ALL THOSE TAXIS.
WOW. NOT ONE OF THEM ISN’T A TAXI.
So the meeting went well, it's now half four.
YEAH THAT’S ACTUALLY QUITE TRUE.
There's a taxi protest here. It's really eerie, it's so quiet! Now I'm going over to finish my evening.
[LOUD MUSIC]

YOU DID IT AGAIN! WHY DO YOU KEEP DOING THAT?!
IT LOOKS COOL!
NO IT DOESN’T.
So I'm here with my friend Rob. We're gonna have food! [LOUD MUSIC]
FOOD.
AWWWWWW.
[LOUD MUSIC] So the cost was high, but the JOY was 11. It was gorgeous. But, if we take the total and add all the JOY up. Divide the JOY so I get an average JOY - the figure comes out at THIS.
NINE. £42 AND 79P. AVERAGE?

“NOT LONDON”
WHAT DOES AVERAGE MEAN?
THAT’S FUNNY
[LOUD MUSIC] Please help my Daddy get 1000 subscribers
THAT’S YOU.
-- just click on his face, thanks bye.

What do you think
I love it

I didn't like that and you showed your foot because that's part of your life not really to do with what you--
And the other thing I didn't like is you eating a burger in front of my face
I liked how you how you went to the bridge and when it said the “London” it shows the whole of London
I liked that you you filmed that video it's really short, and it went through the whole day
So that was 4 minutes because we watched two.
I’m out!

Dad can I watch “where baby powder goes?”
Can you please help my daddy get 1000 subscribers just click on his face thanks bye!


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Saturday 23 February 2019

How do we get more money into our house? #teamTIGHTWAD 019



We are #teamTIGHTWAD, and this day we found joy spending on...

- German supermarket chain supermarket shop (bread, pancakes and waffles).
- Swimming lessons.

Get MORE money into our house? #TightwadDad Podcast with Neil and Joe 006



I can’t even remember what episode this is now...
Six.
It’s six, already?!
It’s six.
We’ve done six of these?

Welcome to the TightwadDad Podcast with me Neil, hello.
And Joe hello.
Welcome to the Happy Hut thanks for clicking on this.
It’s the podcast where we talk about me being a Tightwad Dad.
Yes.
And you living in a TightwadDad family.
A half tightwad mum.
I guess you’re a tightwad son?
Well no, you’re not a tightwad.

Oh dear.
[laughs] You want to start that as your catchphrase?
Oh dear!

So the question is... how can we get more money into the house. How can we get more money for the family.
Get a job where you can earn about 40 pounds and day, because we could just go like spend less than 40 pounds a day we'll have so much to spare.
What could I do?

Well have you heard of The Simpsons? Homer goes to this nuclear plant and he earns $40 a day.
Does he?! Okay, so I could work in a nuclear plant.
How are you gonna get to one? Where is one?
Well there isn’t one for a long way from here.
Oh dear.
[laughs]
“Oh dear” works. My idea for getting more money is to somehow get you and Stella to work, or earn money.
How?
I don’t know. I thought you could be a voiceover, or Stella could be a voiceover.
Stella could sing. Be paid to sing songs.
Yeah.
She can do loads of songs. Sing that, and she’ll look it up and then sing it.
You did an “Oh dear”? [laughs]

This is the only episode six...
If you’ve got this far into the episode, can you leave us a comment that just says “Oh dear”?
That’ll be funny.
If you have any ideas for how or where we could earn £40 a day, leave us a comment that would be really helpful.
Yes that’d be extremely helpful.
And thanks for watching...
That would be life-changing helpfulness.
Bye!
Bye!
[SINGS] Can you please help my daddy... Get 1000 subscribers! Just click on his face. Thanks. Bye.” How’s that?


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Thursday 21 February 2019

What can we spend more on? #teamTIGHTWAD 017



We are #teamTIGHTWAD, and this day we found joy spending on...

- Decaf coconut latte in a coffee shop chain shop at 0630am
I put the time in there to show that it was a dedicated visit and not just killing time.

What can we spend MORE on? #TightwadDad Podcast with Neil and Joe 005



I wasn't ready by the way for this one.
Now I'm ready.

Okay this is Tightwad Dad podcast number 5 - thanks for clicking on this I'm Neil hello.
Welcome to the happy hut I'm Joe.
I think we're getting better at this... yeah we're getting better - it is already episode 5
So we're freezing in the Happy Hut still
I'm warm.

Today's question what should we be spending MORE money on in the family?
What do we need most?
Other than food.

Yeah what could we spend more on, more money on
What do you think we need most?
I don't know what we need most, cuz we got heat lights food erm-
DRINKS! yeah?

What you think we should spend more on drinks
Oh I like drinks
I like drinks too but we keep saying we should just drink water

Hey what happened to that Coke Zero because Mum had like 16 of them and now they're like none left
She's hidden them in a really good place

I think I've found them
Well you always find our hiding places wherever we put anything you usually crack it within about two days.
Where do you think they are?
I think they are either in the cupboard in your big cupboard in your room.
No they're not there
You gave me a clue.

You always make me crack you'll find them
That's one step...
Where else? Where else do you think the coke Zeros are hidden.
CLICK - The dresser.
You've done it.

You gave it away.
I'm gonna have a coke now
We don't spend any money on drinks do we that was really unusual that we got those cokes.

No, that's so untrue - you spend money on our water bills
Right, yeah, the water in the tap that we drink.
And apple juice
Yeah I drink a lot of that
Grape juice
That's for treats.
The fizzy water
The fizzy water is the economy 17p a bottle
17?
Yeah I buy 17p per bottle.

17P? are you kidding me For a big bottle of two litres
Yeah fizzy water
I did not know that.
Why, are you surprised by that?
That's really good
That's why we do it!
If you're American you wouldn't know what was talking about unless you actually know about pounds.
I feel like quite a few American people are watching us.

What because it's on YouTube - well no you wanted to do this just as a sound only podcast
No I like so I like it
Oh that's good.

Because you said could we make a podcast like the ones that I listen to in the bath where they have swearing on
oh yeah
But we're not gonna swear
That was really funny when he said "f-word Muppet" that was really funny
I think it's a James Altucher show.
Okay anyway if you got this far is the video thanks for watching if you have any questions or any ideas for what we could spend more money on or less money on put in the comments.
Why not hit subscribe button - really appreciate it - even though we said it on every episode


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Sunday 17 February 2019

LONDON TRIP: JOY VS MONEY #teamTIGHTWAD 013



We are #teamTIGHTWAD, and this day we found joy spending on...

- German supermarket chain supermarket shop.
Because we can’t think of anything better to do.

I think this might be the way to go forward.
Linking the actual JOY to the spending.

LONDON TRIP: JOY VS MONEY #TightwadDad VLOG 002 | Neil Mossey


[LOUD MUSIC] Hello, I'm Neil Mossey I'm from #TightwadDad.
This is gonna be a weird video.
I've come to London today.
I'm shooting this on my phone, I don't even know if it's in focus.
I'm going to log what I'm spending today - so my family gets to see what I do.
[LOUD MUSIC] So the first thing I spent on, was this.
My train ticket.
£23.30.
I guess I can put that up on the screen, the amount of JOY it brought me?
Probably 9.
Cuz look it brought me here.
[LOUD MUSIC] It's a bleak day in London, my toe is still bust, let's have a look.
I'm just hobbling around town with this.
I've borrowed a sock from my Long-Suffering Wife.
The outer sock is fluffy - white stripey one.
But where I'm going next is somewhere very special.
[LOUD MUSIC] Yep it's one of these - they've got some kind of computer problem, so the restaurant's nice and empty.
I know my son will be really jealous but honestly, the JOY was about 5.
Gonna find somewhere else to sit now, for one hour.
[LOUD MUSIC] So I'm going to a quiet area now, I don't
know if I'm going to be able to film.
I'll maybe sneak a shot.
"Doors opening" [SILENCE - PEN SCRATCHING]
[LOUD MUSIC] Okay so that was free because I've already paid and the JOY is about 10 - that was really nice.
Now I'm gonna cross the river again... one more time.
I've got to be in Tottenham Court Road by 3:00 for a meeting.
[LOUD MUSIC] Time for a bus now because I can't walk up there.
I don't know how much this is gonna cost.
[LOUD MUSIC] So there it goes.
TEN.
The JOY there was 10.
I've got 5 minutes to spare so I timed that really well.
[QUIET TAXI STREET SOUNDS] So the meeting went well, it's now half four.
There's a taxi protest here.
It's really eerie, it's so quiet!
Now I'm going over to finish my evening.
[LOUD MUSIC] So I'm here with my friend Rob.
We're gonna have food!
[LOUD MUSIC] So the cost was high, but the JOY was 11.
It was gorgeous.
But, if we take the total and add all the JOY up.
Divide the JOY so I get an average JOY - the figure comes out at THIS.
£42.79 JOY 9.
I'm trying.


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Saturday 16 February 2019

Should we spend less money on WHAT? #teamTIGHTWAD 012



We are #teamTIGHTWAD, and this day we found joy spending on...
- Swimming lesson.
- Tap dancing lessons for the month.
- Choi Kwang Do martial arts belt grading fee x2 to enter for Gold Belt Senior.
- Ebay: Toy yellow bus for my nephew (He's obsessed with buses, like I was at his age. So I like encouraging this.)


Should we spend less money on WHAT? #TightwadDad Podcast with Neil and Joe 004



Red red red red red red red.
So welcome to episode 4 of the TightwadDad Podcast with me, Neil, and Joe.
And we're here in the happy hut and it's freezing, isn't it!
Yeah, it's cold.
It's pretty cold, you've got a cold.
I don't like this red I'm surrounded in it.
You don't like the colour red?
They might think that I love the colour red just because my headphones are red.
The covers are red here, and the sofas are red. I think blue’s my favorite colour.
Which is what you're wearing.
Yes I think it cheers up the Happy Hut, so I'm sorry if--
I think of it as blood and death.
I've got a question, but I've left it on the computer so I'm gonna have to - do you wanna just talk while...
In episode 3, “Earning money on YouTube how to” - so you could try and get a thousand subscribers - that's what Dad says.
Yeah we're on 320 at the moment, so we've got another 680 - we've got to do that 2 more times to get close to a 1000.
I remember, the question I should've asked last time I got it wrong
“What should we be spending less money on?”
Food.
Food?
We do spend a lot of money on food.
I think we should buy stuff that would last longer for cheaper.
Do you think we should eat less?
Wouldn't you be really hungry?
We would, we would.
I'm one very hungry child.
And I'm one hungry dad as well so that's the problem, but we should spend less money in the supermarket.
And buy more stuff for less money.
No. It'd be like buy as least as possible for at least amount of money so find a better
bread. You use a lot of bread.
I do.
You do.
Okay, so if we had less bread and spend the money on other stuff?
Dad?
And then we can eat the same--
I just wondered this. You’re kind of obsessed with yellow.
Your hut is kind of yellow--
It is.
Your paper that you write on is yellow.
It is.
And then your bread is yellow.
I do like yellow.
But I thought you love blue as well.
Do you know what, the one I like the most is pinkl
I got pink phone. I've got pink trainers
Oh yeah! (Sniggers) Pink phone.
And I dyed my Choi Kwang Do dobok, I've put it in the washed with the red jacket and it came out pink.
[laughs]


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Friday 15 February 2019

Do I spend too much money? #teamTIGHTWAD 011



We are #teamTIGHTWAD, and this day we found joy spending on...

- German supermarket chain supermarket shop


Do I spend too much money? #TightwadDad Podcast with Neil and Joe 003



Okay it's episode 3 of tightwad dad podcast.
With me Neil and Joe.
So hi thanks for joining us - Joe you were just saying these podcasts are very short.
Yes.
But Mummy read that micro-podcasts are gonna be the thing, so maybe this is a good thing.
Yeah.
And I did want to mention - you didn't want to talk about it.
Sorry, I've got your headphone lead wrapped round.
I've got a cold.
You've got a cold, so that's why you sound a bit...
Runny.
I can't remember what my next question was.
Do you want to blow your nose while I look up the next question?

Oh yeah, I know the question: do you think I spend too much money?
I think you spend a decent amount money Just the right amount?

Yeah not too much not too less.
If I feel like we haven't got enough money, it's either because I'm not earning enough. Or because we're spending too much.

Or maybe you should not spend anything and be proud of what you've already got
That's a good idea.
Cos some people don't have anything.

That's a really really good idea.
Oh the making money thing in Episode two I whispered:
“Looking under the... and another way I know this would look weird but I have earned about £50 by doing this altogether, by looking under vending machines or coin machines....
Anything that would involve coins which have a gap underneath they are coins like Coinstars, look under claw machines - especially in arcades you get quite a bit.
Don't you remember?
No!
Ugh, bad memory.
It's cause I'm getting old.
What I thought you were gonna say...
You're not old...
...was looking under sofa cushions.
Oh yeah, in the cracks because when like heavy people sit down if they've got a lot of change in their pocket it would just fall out into the cracks.
I found - remember in that Southsea place I found like £2.50 in different couches or
sofas.
So that's the end of - is this episode 3?
Yes
Thanks for watching.
Can't remember...
You've got a bad memory...
If you've got this far into the video we'd love it if you gave us a thumbs up - if you
got this far.
And make sure you subscribe because I think it would be nice.
It'd really help us.
Because when we hit 1000 subscribers, we start getting money from YouTube.
Hey, that could be our next podcast.
What, how to get money from YouTube?
Yeah.
Okay.
Make thousand gaming channels... I think I've said too much


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Sunday 10 February 2019

My broken toe is getting me down. #TightwadDad 006



My broken toe is getting me down.
I never feel like I'm pulling in enough money for my family, and I'm also injured.

Hobbling round the town, not providing.
I have completely emasculated myself.

So this is where the fight begins.

This is where we push back, against our dependency on money for happiness.

This is the start of FAMILIES AGAINST MONEY.

Who's with me?

First, I've got to start thinking of others.

I'll make an unboxing video for waterproof shoes for people with broken toes.
To help them be happy with spending their money.

That might get me some followers to join me on this long long journey (of one month, sharing what we're spending).

And then... then I'll work out what the next aim is.

I am a Tightwad Dad, and I’m scared I will be judged for sharing this, but this day we spent:

- £6.05 in the local German supermarket chain for a loaf of bread.
(Ended up with ham, calamari and Frankfurters too while bored waiting for...)
- £152.06 proper supermarket delivery.
- £7.49 Kindle book.
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+ £25 Premium Bonds win (me).
+ £25 Premium Bonds win (Long-Suffering Wife).
- £1 Tooth Fairy.

Total:
£116.60

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Saturday 9 February 2019

What is a Tightwad, Dad? #TightwadDad 005



I talked to my son about this idea: to share what we're spending with the World for a month, to see if it makes us happier about what we're spending.

I don't want him to be a Tightwad if he's not ready for it.

It takes dedication, to share our resources with a World that wants to take all our resources.

He asked me “What is a Tightwad?”
And then instantly agreed that I am a Tightwad.

But what made me proud was that he agreed in a way, a tone of voice, that sounded like he'd like to be a Tightwad too.

Maybe this is a breakthrough for me working out what this is.

Maybe I should involve the family more in this project.

I am a Tightwad Dad, and I’m scared I will be judged for sharing this, but this day we spent:

- £20 Swimming lessons.

Total:
£20.00

Do I talk too much about money? #TightwadDad Podcast with Neil and Joe 002



I think we could've done better.
Well we'll do better... this'll be a better podcast, okay...
Hello welcome to the Tightwad Dad podcast, episode 2, I'm Neil.
This is my son.
Hello.
See I don't know if I should even mention your name.
But I might as well because I know that it's gonna come out.
Because everyone's gonna think who's that...
Yeah.
There'll be like loads of comments saying who's him.
So do you want to introduce yourself? yes hi I'm Joe and I'm Neil's son.
Right so this is the Tightwad Dad podcast, in episode 1 I explained what a tightwad is.
And you think I am a tightwad - you'd say I am a tightwad.
So thank you that's good Good.
So my question is do you think I talk too much about our money
yeah you want more because you know you think you're not earning enough, you'll get better job
Can you think of more ways I can earn money?
Or that we can earn money, as a family!
well you know that system - the 50p system
if we did that Do you want to explain that?
We're on holiday and we got these special 50-pieces and we thought like we should collect these from the bank so we go to the bank get some and then would sell the doubles on eBay and if we did that enough a year we'll probably get two hundred pounds a year living it
- that isn't gonna happen sorry No, sorry, I interrupted you.
So the idea is we could take - it's not just any 50ps, it's the ones that look nice.
yeah like Paddington, Peter Rabbit, Johnson's dictionary
And then you can sell them on ebay for more than 50p.
yeah so that's like one pound fifty which is like three times the amount that it cost in the first place yeah it's supposed to cost but it's special that's got different picture on should we try that idea first - selling the 50ps yeah and you know third episode we should talk about - I'm not gonna say now but we should talk about you know - the looking under
- yeah no - yeah that one.
Oh, that's a tease.
Alright so you want to do that on the next podcast?
Yes.
Okay I'm glad we had this chat.
yeah over a lot of people yeah
Like if they listen to it a lot.
Yeah, what, so how should we end the podcast we should say if you've got this far why not subscribe and leave a like
Oh that's a nice idea.
And please leave a comment if you wanted to know more or what we should do next
Yeah, if you have any questions, or ideas that we could try to make more money.
Or we could just make stuff about what other people would want us to talk about
So thanks for watching, and we'll be back on the next episode of Tightwad Dad.
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