The world has turned upside down in the time since I made this grocery shopping trip and when I’m posting it. When I made this shopping trip I had no idea that a week and a half later store shelves would be cleared of food and basic household products because of the coronavirus. Needless to […]
Real Family Budget Update– February 2020
Every month we make our personal finances public by sharing everything we earn, spend, save, and pay toward debt. We’ve been sharing our finances since September of 2013 (when we were in six figures of student loan debt) and haven’t missed a month! Our hope is that getting an inside look at one family’s way […]
Debt Smash-athon JANUARY 2020 Progress Report
When I asked if you wanted to continue the Debt Smashathon in 2020, I got a resounding YES, so we’ll keep it going this year as well! This is our first debt smashing report of 2020. If you don’t already get the link to report your progress at the end of each month, sign up […]
Monthly Grocery Shopping– February 2020
If you’re curious what a typical grocery haul looks like for a frugal family of 8, then keep reading. Today I’m sharing what we bought in our monthly grocery shopping trip in February. We went to Winco and Sam’s Club and spent right around $300. That leaves about $150 for other grocery/food purchases for the […]
Real Family Budget Update– January 2020
Whew! After posting 28 blog posts and 28 videos since the beginning of the year, I’m a week late getting January’s family budget update published. If you missed all the activity, you can you can sign up for the Frugal Fresh Start Challenge here! If you’re new here, every month we make our personal finances […]
Create Frugal Habits
Saving money here and there by living frugally is great and deserves to be celebrated, but what if you were able to replicate and automate that savings every month, every week, every day by creating frugal habits? Frugal living gets easier once you form strong frugal habits. What seemed like a sacrifice at first, becomes […]
Don’t Give Up Giving Even When Money is Tight
One of the dangers of spending a lot of time talking about personal finances is that it can get to seem like life is all about money. And it’s not. It’s easy for money to become the focus, the goal in itself. That’s like making food the focus of our lives. It’s true that we […]
Hold Monthly Budget Planning Meetings
It may not sound fun, romantic, or exciting, but I’ve got to admit that I really look forward to our monthly budget planning meeting. We treat it like a date! The kids are in bed and we’re together focused on the same thing. We’re on the same team working to achieve our goals. Seeing our […]
Frugal Gifting– Not the same as giving a cheap gift
It’s the thought that counts. We’ve all heard that before, but how many of us believe it? Do our gift-giving practices reflect what really matters or are we caught up in the price (or perceived price) of our gift? Today we’ll talk about how you can give great gifts on any budget. We really wanted […]
Own Your Money Choices
Have you ever been teased for being frugal? How did you react? Did you get offended? Did you blame your circumstances? Or did you OWN it? If this has happened to you, congratulations! If you’re being teased about the frugal changes to your lifestyle, then you are probably on track to reach your financial goals. […]
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