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I’m always interested in what other people spend their money on. So I thought I would share what categories our budget includes. I’m asked often what our budget looks like, so here you have it. Mind you, our budget has changed over the years and even changes monthly based on our changing needs. If you haven’t started a budget, these may give you an idea
One of my favorite blogs addresses this question! Check it out HERE. As for Ryan and I…YES! Personally, we believe it’s a lot easier this way, but we are also respectful of each other and communicate heavily regarding finances. It was harder when we first married, and I wanted to spend all that extra income we had instead of pay off the house. Oh the
Hope you had a great weekend. Mine was awesome! Well, Sunday was. Ryan was home all day and let me have the day off. I cleaned out Beckham’s closet and packed away all his clothes that didn’t fit anymore. Did laundry, grocery shopped without a baby, and cleaned some more! It was great! If you read last week’s groceries/meal plan you’ll remember I had $25
Before I share this tip, I wanted to let you know that “Monday’s Money Saving Tips” are now just “Money Saving Tips.” Forcing a post on a particular day is not good for me. I’ll post the same amount of tips, if not more, if I do so at random! I’ve never really thought about sharing this tip because it seems so matter of
I think I have like five posts “in the making” just sitting in my drafts waiting to be edited and published. Of course, if it’s not one problem, it’s another…my camera broke and I can’t take pictures! Therefore, I cannot take quality pictures right now for my posts, so they’re just sitting there. I shared our first week’s worth of groceries here. People are often
I’ve been sharing financial tips and such for about 7 months now and you’ll notice financial peace really boils down to budgeting and living within your means!!! I’m often brought to this verse in the Bible when I think about living within my means. What does this mean? It means that life’s true treasures are waiting for us in heaven. These treasures live forever, unlike our earthly
I’m sorry this is just posting, but if you saw my post earlier about the problem I was having with pictures, you know that I’ve had this written since Sunday, but couldn’t get pictures to upload. Thanks to Chelsie for sending me an email of a way around the problem. Html worked great. This is more of an example of my savings this week in
