Our family has lived successfully on one income for the past 15 years, plus paid off debt and saved for retirement. How have we done it? Check out my guest post, How One Family Paid Off $100,000 in Debt and Lived Well On One Income, over on And Then We Saved today!
Growing Your Own Garden: Is It Worth It? (My biased opinion)
Ahhh – gardening…some do it to save money, while others do it for the love of digging in the dirt – one way or the other, you can’t beat watching those little seeds grow into lovely plants that produce the tastiest. food. ever. While I’ve dabbled in gardening off and on for the past 15 […]
Weekend Money Tip: 10 frugal tips for saving money on back to school supplies
On Fridays, I share tips I have actually used to save my family money, along with my once-a-month grocery update. The posts will (typically) be short and sweet, giving you ideas to work on saving money or, in this case, preparing in order to save more. Though we don’t really want to think about it […]
Asking “how” instead of “why” can help solve your money problems
We live paycheck to paycheck, rack up credit card debt, buy too much house, have multiple cars (complete with loans), late payments, bad credit…I could go on and on. To point to the worst of these mistakes would be fruitless. We all make money mistakes, but to really narrow it down to one mistake that is worse […]
Weekend Money Tip: Now is the time to plan, buy and save (money and stress) for the holiday season
On Fridays, I share money-saving tips I have actually used (or am working on). The posts are typically short and sweet little guides, giving you ideas to work on saving money or, in this case, preparing in order to save more. If you’re like me, most years the holiday season rolls around before you know […]
My Best (Non) Budgeting Tool: Yes I still use a checkbook register – and maybe you should too!
Confession time : I use a checkbook register and balance my checkbook every month 😯 . I know, I know, I’m totally behind the times, but I like my old pen and paper method and it works well for me. So, call me old fashioned, call me over the hill, call me whatever you want, but […]
Weekend Money Tip: How to change your own oil (seriously, if I did it, so can you!)
On Fridays, I share tips I actually use to save my family money, along with my once-a-month grocery update. The posts will give you ideas to work on saving money over the weekend. I want to reiterate here that the amount of frugality you want to incorporate into your life is an individual decision. Your […]
How we saved $2100 on our vacation
Photo courtesy of Jake, my son. Frugal as we may be, our family loves to vacation. How do we do it? We cut expenses drastically in other areas in order to save, but don’t sacrifice our love of travel. Each year, we take at least two vacations (though we’ve been known to take up to […]
Weekend Money Tip: 6 simple, frugal ways to keep the kids entertained when summertime boredom sets in
On Fridays, I share tips I have actually used to save my family money, along with my once-a-month grocery update. The posts will (typically) be short and sweet, giving you ideas to work on saving money over the weekend or, in this case, for the upcoming week. So, it’s the middle of summer, there’s no […]
Are you looking for a used car? 8 tips for getting the best deal
Have you ever lost $2250.00 in a minute? I’ve done it. It’s easy…just sign the paperwork for a brand new car. Let’s say I buy a new car for $25,000. As soon as I sign the paperwork, it’s worth only $22,750 (that’s an expensive minute). After 3 years, the total market value of the car […]