Penny Golightly is a journalist and author who set up this site to share bargain-hunting tips and information. She loves finding all the nicer things in life for less.
Awards
- www.pennygolightly.com was given a www.lovemoney.com Best Loved Blog award in March 2010
- Penny has also been named as one of Times Money Online’s top 25 personal finance writers on Twitter
- One of WalletPop’s 25 Twitter accounts to improve your cash flow
- @PennyGolightly was listed among This Is Money’s top 10 money saving Twitter accounts in September 2010
- Named as one of the Consumer Credit Counselling Service’s MoneyAware 9 favourite frugal living blogs
- Selected by the VeryGoodService website
- Finalist in the 2011 international Shorty Awards for personal finance
- Winner of the Mighty Site award at TotallyMoney in September 2011
Writing
- Saving money on your online shopping at Totally Money
- A MoneyAware cheap and chic article
- Saving the environment and saving money at EnergyRethinking.org
- Something fun and romantic for AskJeeves here
- Favourite beauty bargains for the Simple skincare website
- Several money-saving articles and reviews for lastminute.com
- Appearances in TimeOut London with windowsill kitchen garden and bargain foodie ideas, and in The Independent’s ‘i’ newspaper with some ‘beat the budget’ tips
- A piece for lovemoney.com about finding luxuries for less
- The Make It And Mend It beginner’s guide to clothes swapping and swishing
- Why low income doesn’t have to mean boring for Zero-Credit.org
- A post on Dollymix about money-saving tips for restaurant meals
Commissions: If you’d like to hire Penny Golightly to edit or write for your publication, please email penny@pennygolightly.com to discuss your requirements.






