50 Dirt Cheap Dinner Ideas (For When Money Is Tight)
Are you tired of spending a fortune on dinner every night? You’re not alone. Many people struggle to come up …
Saving Money
30 BEST TIPS FOR SAVING MONEY 2024
There is a time and place for splurging, and there is a time and place for knowing how to save. The small ways we save can add up to real (big) money over time. Set your inner cheapskate free!
Save Thousands on Groceries With These 19 Easy Tricks
I don’t know if I told you yet, but we are looking for a slightly bigger house – to accommodate our about to be slightly bigger family. We’re a little nervous about what a mortgage will mean for us, so I’ve been trying to kick start my frugal living habits NOW – by finding great ways to save money on groceries.
Having a Baby on a Budget (don’t go broke!)
Are babies REALLY that expensive? A while back I had a comment on one of my debt free living posts… something to the effect of we “wouldn’t still be debt free after we had kids, because kids are so expensive.” (I was pretty pregnant when I read that comment, so it hit closer to home than it might have a few months before.)
12 Best Places to Get Cheap Preschool Books
If you’re like me, you want your kids using books from a young age (books are so healthy for a …
11 Ways to Save Money on Baby Clothes
Planning to save money on baby clothes is one of the most important things to do when having a baby …
10 Frugal Christmas Ideas – Have Christmas On The Cheap in 2024
As much as I love love love Christmas, if I’m not careful it can really take a toll on two things I try hard to protect. My health and my bank account. I always used to leave the Christmas season with a few extra pounds (and bad skin) and a few less dollars… and I know I’m not the only one.
Saving money at Christmas -10 things I won’t buy this year
Let’s admit that Christmas is AWESOME, but DANGEROUS. Saving money at Christmas just goes out the window, doesn’t it? I don’t think there’s another time of year where it’s just so easy to completely blow your budget without even thinking about it. Everywhere you look at Christmas there is money to be spent.
10 Things I Quit Buying (to Save Money)
If you’ve read many finance books or blogs, you’ve probably heard that in most relationships, there is just one person who is largely in charge of the finances. It’s a generalization, but one that hits the nail on the head with my husband and me. We make all our major money decisions together – house, car, investments, insurance… anything that costs more than a couple hundred bucks really. But I, almost unilaterally, do all the spending.
How to Save Money While Raising a Family
There’s no question that having kids CAN cost a bundle – many estimates are coming in around $250,000 to raise a kid from birth to ages 18 (source). But you’re wrong if you think that you need to go broke raising a family. In fact, with some tweaks to your budget and the way you spend on your children, you might even be able to take a family vacation each year!