You get a baby shower invite, you friend has a baby, or you know a new mom - all of these situations present a problem: You want to get her a good gift. You don’t want to spend a fortune on it, but you want it to be good. Ya get me? I’ve been in that exact situation a thousand times, I mean, it’s Keep Reading
ways to save money
If you are looking on some ways to save money, it can be as easy as looking at your day to day habits. Things like shopping online, turning down the thermostat in the winter, not using air conditioning and overall limiting excessive habits can help you save money in places you did not expect. Having some extra foresight allows you to still indulge those habits that make you happy, like purchasing your morning coffee, but as long as you do it in moderation, you can save money. Planning ahead for dinners, vacations and even the holidays will help prevent sudden expenses from popping up. Doing some monetary challenges like having a no spend week or limiting your budget can help give you that extra boost in your income but it will also allow you to find other ways of entertaining yourself and challenging your family in ways to encourage positive growth.
How To Save Money On Vacation
Vacations are fun! And it goes without saying that they’re going to cost you money. But honestly? That doesn’t mean you have to blow your entire savings on it! Here’s my take: You set a vacation budget, and then you see how much mileage you can get out of it. For instance, if we cook our own Keep Reading
When You’re Fed up With Living Frugally
How many times a day do you tell yourself “no, that’s not in the budget” or “no, I don’t really need that”? After a while, it starts to wear on you. I know that I have personally gotten frustrated to the point where I actually said “If I have to say no to myself ONE MORE TIME, I’m going to Keep Reading
Ways To Save Money On Recurring Expenses (that aren’t groceries)
Saving money on groceries is one of the most effective ways to lower your recurring expenses, and it’s one that I love to talk about. Buying produce in the freezer isle, using dried beans instead of canned, meal templates such as the $20 meal plan… all of those things have worked to make our Keep Reading
How To Save Money On Groceries
A lot of advice that you find on the internet for saving money is related to grocery shopping - and with good reason! We spend money over and over again on groceries. It’s something that can’t be helped, and yet, it’s no fun to watch all that hard earned money disappear week after week, never to be Keep Reading
21 Ways We Save Money Every Day
Everybody has a different favorite way to save money. We all think differently and, well you know, two heads are better than one in any given situation. So I though I would share some of the little ways that we save money every day. It’s amazing how easy it is to let little things slip without Keep Reading
How To Set Yourself Up For A Money-Saving Shopping Trip
I’ve always been the kind of person who likes to do ordinary everyday things (like shopping) on a whim, but the older I get, the more I’m finding that a little bit of preparation goes a long way, because usually, when the whim hits to get. out. of. the. house. It’s a now or never situation, and if I Keep Reading
What To Eat When You’re Barely Scraping By
It's tough. Money's tight, you're barely you scraping by, and frustration of frustrations, your grocery bill is astronomical. You literally can't afford to eat. Maybe not all of your problems would be solved by eliminating food from your diet, but they sure would be reduced. So what do you Keep Reading
How To Save Money When You Live In An Expensive Area
A few years ago, I wrote a thing about how you can feed yourself for a week on $20. At the time, I thought it was great - I still do! - but I honestly never anticipated the level of negative feedback that it would generate when it went viral. I get it, the cost of living in some areas is more Keep Reading
How To Save Money With Your Smart Phone
Full disclosure: I don’t have a smartphone. Not yet anyway. Hey, I’ve been called many things, but an early adopter was never one of them. I do however have an iPod, and it can do almost any job an iPhone can do, especially now that some stores have free storewide WiFi. And it’s amazing how much Keep Reading