We have been drying our clothes on a clothesline since we moved to California in 2011. At the time we were living in my in-laws’ basement while we paid off six figures of law school debt. Since my in-laws use a clothesline pretty much exclusively, that’s what we did too. It’s been years now and […]
Monthly Grocery Haul- July 2022
I haven’t shared our grocery hauls in a while. It’s not that we haven’t shopped. We have! We just haven’t done a monthly grocery shopping trip like we normally do. It has cost us too! If you’ve seen our last couple of budget updates you know that our food spending was up. I’m pretty confident […]
June 2022 Family Budget Update
One of the silver linings of paying off six figures of debt was learning to budget and really take charge of our finances. I’m so thankful for the habit of consistently budgeting that we developed during that challenging time. Because we are actively involved in our finances and very aware of our income and expenses, […]
Save Money by Cutting Your Family’s Hair
Over the weekend, the boys in our family (my husband and four boys) got much-needed haircuts. It probably won’t surprise you that we take care of these haircuts ourselves at home. Cutting our family’s hair happens to be a family tradition. Growing up, my mom always cut my hair and my siblings’ hair. My mom […]
🍅The Best Way to Can Tomatoes: Tomato Puree 🍅
The first time I canned tomatoes I was about 9 months pregnant. I got tomatoes ridiculously cheap at an Amish produce auction when we lived in the Midwest. I was eager to make quarts and quarts of spaghetti sauce because we use it all the time. I ran the tomatoes through my strainer-saucer-juicer (which becomes […]
May 2022 Family Budget Update
After being out of town for most of April, we’re back to a more normal budget in May, though there are definitely signs of inflation in most categories. We have been more haphazard with our grocery shopping rather than doing one big monthly grocery haul and that shows in our spending. We also have been […]
Money-Saving Tips for Homeschooling
If you’ve been around Six Figures Under for any length of time, you know that I love saving money on just about everything. For me, saving money is not deprivation or drudgery, it’s about the challenge and adventure! I enjoy the “art” of saving money. I also like not being wasteful and that includes with […]
April 2022 Family Budget Update
April was definitely not a normal month for us. We spent three weeks on a 6,000-mile cross country road trip. We drove as far as Niagara Falls with lots of stops to see sights and visit friends and family along the way. Mike used accrued paid time off so he didn’t have to work at […]
March 2022 Family Budget Update
We spent most of April on a cross country road trip, so I’m pretty late in getting March’s update posted. The good news is that April’s update will be posted very soon. As you’ll see in a second, we got a big tax refund in March. That will be going toward our solar goal when […]
February 2022 Family Budget Update
Welcome back friends! If you’re a long-time follower, you might be hoping to find something especially appropriate for April 1st, like… 5 Genius Ways to Save on Toilet Paper, How to Get Meat for Free or Cheap, How to Make Money from Your Random Talents, 6 Hacks for Storing Food in Small Homes or Our Post-Covid […]
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