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Budgeting

April 22, 2008: Q & A: The necessity of a low grocery budget
Comments: 9 | Categories: Budgeting , Frugality , In the kitchen

Here's a comment from my recent post on rising grocery costs that I wanted to respond to: Do you have that low of a grocery budget because you have to or because you want to (ie: pay off your mortgage faster?) Because sometimes I think we spend so much time...

April 10, 2008: Breaking down meals into price-per-serving
Comments: 22 | Categories: Budgeting , Frugality , In the kitchen

Tedious as it may sound, this is what I've been working on in my "spare" time this past week (I use that term extremely loosely). As I mentioned last week in my post about working with rising grocery costs, I thought that it would be useful to start to take...

January 10, 2008: You Need a Budget- A budgeting software review (by my hubby)
Comments: 13 | Categories: Budgeting

In light of the recent budget and finances talk for the New Year, my husband and I thought that it would be the perfect time to post a review of the budgeting system that we've been using the past couple of months. We're really excited to tell you about it...

January 3, 2008: What are your financial goals for the New Year?
Comments: 6 | Categories: Budgeting , Frugality

In light of the New Year, I know that many of us have been establishing new goals, resolutions, priorities and schedules. My husband and I recently made a date night of it, and spent an evening setting some goals, which I hope to post about shortly! I thought it might...

November 29, 2007: All good things must come to an end (yes, this is the giveaway!)
Comments: 5 | Categories: Budgeting , Frugality

It's over! You did it (and all across the continent, there is the sound of a collective sigh of relief)! In some ways, this month has been a real stretching experience, and in other ways, it's flown by and I barely even noticed that I wasn't spending any money. It's...

November 27, 2007: Making Do Tuesday- Cutting costs in the kitchen
Comments: 2 | Categories: Budgeting , Frugality , In the kitchen , Nutrition

Since I couldn't access my blog until late last night, I wasn't able to get my regular Making Do Monday post up. Seeing how this is the last week of the Savvy Spending Challenge, I wanted to make sure that I still posted the money saving post I had been...

November 22, 2007: Weekly update- Savvy Spending Challenge- Week 3
Comments: 2 | Categories: Budgeting , Frugality

It feels like it's getting a bit easier. I'm not quite sure why, but perhaps because we've just gotten used to knowing that we can't buy things! I've even stayed strong with the temptation of $2 ebooks at Biblical Womanhood- and I love books! But with any challenge, there are...

November 21, 2007: Setting up a cash system- Part 2
Comments: 4 | Categories: Budgeting , Frugality

As promised, here is the second part of setting up a cash system. If you missed the first post last week, you can check it out here. I've been discussing what works for my husband and I as we set our budget and implement a cash system. Last time I...

November 16, 2007: Setting up your cash system- Part 1
Comments: 1 | Categories: Budgeting , Frugality

Since my post about using a cash system, I have had several comments and questions from those wanting to know more about how we determine our budget and establish our cash system. I'll try to answer the questions and comments that I think will be most helpful for you! This...

November 15, 2007: Weekly update- week two
Comments: 2 | Categories: Budgeting , Frugality

Here is my second weekly update for the Savvy Spending Challenge. I'm sorry, but I have no exciting pictures or stories of grocery store victory this week. However, I have news that is equally as good- we didn't go over our significantly decreased grocery budget!!! This week's grocery spendings: $6...

November 13, 2007: Fudge-it or Budget
Comments: 12 | Categories: Budgeting , Frugality

I wish I could claim to be so creative as to have come up with the title for this post, but it wasn't me. My hubby, Ryan, was making jokes about non-budgeting methods of money managing (er, mismanaging?) and calling it "smudge-it" or "fudge-it" and I said "Hey, I like...

November 8, 2007: Weekly update
Comments: 3 | Categories: Budgeting , Frugality

As promised, here is the first of my updates as to how the Savvy Spending Challenge is going in our home! The first significant challenge that I faced in implementing these major budget cuts was in my meal planning and grocery shopping. We cut our grocery budget by 36%. That...

November 1, 2007: The how-to of the Savvy Spending Challenge!
Comments: 3 | Categories: Budgeting , Frugality

What a great response we've had to the Savvy Spending Challenge! As promised, here are the rest of the details about what will be happening over the next month. First of all, it's important to establish where you're at right now, and set a goal for where you want to...

October 30, 2007: The Savvy Spending Challenge! How low can you go?
Comments: 18 | Categories: Budgeting , Frugality

Do you have extra debt that you'd like to pay off faster? Are you saving (or wish you could start saving) for a particular item your family needs (a car, a computer, etc.)? Are you just as curious as I am to see how much more you could stretch your...