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It’s October and majority of us are starting to think about Christmas. This time of year is truly the most wonderful time of the year, but often the Christmas hangover can be brutal. We let our emotions “purchase” gifts, all with good intentions, but we’re left with empty checking accounts and over spent credit cards. An absolute horrible way to start a new year. When
Y’all, I can’t believe I haven’t shared this tip with you! Actually it’s a disservice that I haven’t done so. I’m so sorry I’ve been holding out. I might have mentioned it, but never posted about it. If you look at people’s grocery bills, the higher priced items tend to be meat (if their a meat eating family). Meat is expensive, and even more expensive
I often wonder how so many people afford the things they do. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only person who is not moving into a brand new house, getting a brand new car, buying name brand clothes, or going on multiple vacations a year. Anyone else? I ask my husband all the time how in the world some of the people afford to live
I’ve mentioned this here and there on my blog, but my #1 tip when it comes to budgeting deserves a post of its own. After all, it’s the first thing I ever tell someone to do do if they are not doing it already. At least this is what I believe is extremely beneficial in our budget, and to my surprise, not done by a
One of the most frequent things I get asked is how we only spend $400 on groceries a month. First let me say, I struggle to keep it around $400, but that’s what we budget. Second of all, this is going to vary for each of us depending on how many people are in a family, the foods we buy, where we live, how much
We live on one income. A teacher’s salary. That’s the one income we are guaranteed each month. We do have some extra money that we earn on the side from Ryan’s reffing job and my Etsy shop, but it varies and comes second to our family. I purposefully used the word “Thrive” in the picture above because I wanted to focus on the positives of
This week was considered the last “week” in our grocery runs, but since we have a couple days next week before April, I’m sure I’ll hit the store for a few items. I usually shop on Sundays or Mondays so that is usually the start of our Meal Plans and such. You can read the previous week’s grocery posts by clicking on each week below:
