Practical Ways to Improve Your Home, Life, & Budget
Whether you’re saving money for a special vacation, need to pay for expensive car repairs, or are facing a job loss, you’ll probably end up trying to find expenses to cut from your budget. It can be hard to know where to start. There are some areas where you can cut an expense out completely. […]
We don’t travel very often. I think we’ve been on three official go-somewhere vacations since we got married (one of which was our honeymoon). This means that I need to turn to other, more travel-experienced bloggers to get the best frugal travel tips. With summer vacations on the brain for a whole bunch of people, […]
We bought our first house almost 5 years ago. It has honestly been one of the best decisions we’ve ever made even though it was really scary to make such a huge purchase. One of the biggest reasons I consider it to be one of our best decisions is because we didn’t spend too much. […]
Now, you know I’m really good at not spending money, but that sure doesn’t mean that I don’t want anything! When I really want something, I can often reason myself out of buying it though. And that’s what I wanted to share with you today — 5 things that I’d really like to spend money […]
Austin and I dated for 2 month, were engaged for 2 months, got married for $1000, and are coming up on our 8 year anniversary! Our super-frugal wedding was exactly what I wanted it to be: Simple. You’re so surprised, right? I didn’t want to plan for a year and spend tens of thousands of […]
It’s easy to forget about all kinds of expenses when you’re trying to stick to a budget. Of course, it’s easy to remember your mortgage, utilities, cell phone bill, and groceries. But there are so many other expenses that can sneak up on you. This is especially frustrating if you’re trying to stick to a […]
Sometimes you’ve got to spend money to save money! Since we recently replaced a bunch of the lightbulbs in our house with LEDs, I was thinking of the other things we’ve bought that ultimately saved us money. There’s a bunch! 13 Products Worth Buying to Save Money 1. Wool Dryer Balls I haven’t bought dryer […]
If you’ve ever spent more than you should have, gone over your budget, or regretted a purchase, this one’s for you! Since for years our monthly budget was less than $1500 (and is now close to $2500 per month), you can imagine that I’m pretty amazing at NOT spending money 🙂 . Even when we had very […]
Our massive financial goal for the year is to become debt-free (again). We’ve been debt-free in the past and unfortunately we had to take on some debt over the past year or so. I’m very ready to destroy it so that we can have our full incomes back! Here’s the thing: This is an impossible […]
I firmly believe that you can stick to a grocery budget and eat healthy. It does not have to be a one or the other situation! Now let me be clear — to stick to certain kinds of diets, you will most likely spend more than the average person. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t […]
