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Savvy Spending Challenge
December 3, 2007: Giveaway winner!Comments: 1 | Categories: Savvy Spending Challenge
And the winner of the Supermarket Savings 101 eCourse is... Milehimama!!! Congratulations, and thanks to all who entered!
November 29, 2007: All good things must come to an end (yes, this is the giveaway!)
Comments: 5 | Categories: Budgeting , Frugality , Savvy Spending Challenge
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 28, 2007: Giveaway coming up on Friday!!!
Comments: 0 | Categories: Books , Frugality , Savvy Spending Challenge
Just wanted to remind all of you that this Friday is the official end of the Savvy Spending Challenge! To finish the challenge off, I will be posting an overview of how our family did this month (I need to get my hubby to crunch some numbers for me, first)....
November 22, 2007: Weekly update- Savvy Spending Challenge- Week 3
Comments: 2 | Categories: Budgeting , Frugality , Savvy Spending Challenge
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 , Savvy Spending Challenge
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 19, 2007: Making Do Monday- Getting creative with your resources
Comments: 2 | Categories: Frugality , Good stewardship , Savvy Spending Challenge
One of the most challenging parts of this spending challenge has been to come up with ways to do the things I need or want to do, without spending any extra money. It's fine to go without sometimes, but what about birthdays? Road trip food? Unruly hair? It's often a...
November 17, 2007: Christmas gift alert!
Comments: 0 | Categories: Frugality , Holidays , Savvy Spending Challenge
Jill at The Diaper Diaries posted about magazine subscriptions on for ridiculously cheap at Amazon. Great prices to start with, plus an extra $5 rebate until the end of December! I just checked it out and there is a good selection of magazines that would appeal to many people. I...
November 16, 2007: Setting up your cash system- Part 1
Comments: 1 | Categories: Budgeting , Frugality , Savvy Spending Challenge
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: A bit of frugality linkage
Comments: 0 | Categories: Frugality , Savvy Spending Challenge
Just wanted to pass on some great links to other blogs with posts on frugality or savings this week! Lots of current deals- Aldi, Meijer, Walgreens, CVS, Target, Safeway Black Friday tips Frugal thanksgiving and other frugal finds Great interview of Dewey's Treehouse with a lot of thoughts on frugality...
November 15, 2007: Weekly update- week two
Comments: 2 | Categories: Budgeting , Frugality , Savvy Spending Challenge
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: 11 | Categories: Budgeting , Frugality , Savvy Spending Challenge
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 11, 2007: Making Do Monday- Nipping discontentment in the bud
Comments: 0 | Categories: Frugality , Good stewardship , Savvy Spending Challenge
It's often when our budget is the tightest that these small thoughts starts to creep into my mind: "Gosh, I wish my house looked like ____ (fill in the blank with whomever's house I have most recently visited)", or "I have nothing to wear", or "I know we don't have...
November 9, 2007: Giveaway announcement!
Comments: 0 | Categories: Frugality , Savvy Spending Challenge
I'm so excited to announce the prize that I will be giving away at the end of the Savvy Spending Challenge! Crystal, whom many of you may be familiar with from Biblical Womanhood, and her incredibly practical and helpful new blog Money Saving Mom, has generously agreed to give a...
November 9, 2007: It never hurts to ask!
Comments: 4 | Categories: Frugality , Savvy Spending Challenge
Lately I have spent a lot of time brainstorming the ways that I have learned to save money, in order to share them with those who are joining me for the Savvy Spending Challenge (read all about my frugality challenge for the month of November and join my family and...
November 8, 2007: Frugal Christmas gift ideas!
Comments: 1 | Categories: Frugality , Savvy Spending Challenge
Just thought I would pass on this link to you! Taya at Pure Joy is starting a Frugal Gift List blog festival, where you will be able to post the link to your own frugal gift ideas, as well as glean from other's great ideas! I know that many of...
November 8, 2007: Weekly update
Comments: 3 | Categories: Budgeting , Frugality , Savvy Spending Challenge
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 5, 2007: Making Do Monday
Comments: 0 | Categories: Family life , Frugality , Savvy Spending Challenge
Thanks for visiting our very first ever Making Do Monday blog carnival! (Who knew that talking about being thrifty could be so exciting that we could label it a carnival?) This is an extension of the Savvy Spending Challenge, going on all month at Keeper of the Home! I'm so...
November 2, 2007: Coming up- Making Do Mondays!!!
Comments: 0 | Categories: Frugality , Savvy Spending Challenge
Just wanted to give you all a heads up that this Monday (Nov.5) will be the kickoff of Making Do Mondays! As a part of the Savvy Spending Challenge, you will have the chance to write a post sharing a way that you save money by: simply going without (there...
November 1, 2007: Gleaning apples
Comments: 7 | Categories: Frugality , Nutrition , Savvy Spending Challenge
Gleaning is a wonderful way to get things for free! And last week a friend introduced me to a place just brimming with organic apples, free for the picking. It's in a large public park in our city, out in the country a bit. In a far off corner, she...
November 1, 2007: The how-to of the Savvy Spending Challenge!
Comments: 3 | Categories: Budgeting , Frugality , Savvy Spending Challenge
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 , Savvy Spending Challenge
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...
