I love getting to sit down and chat with you at the end of each month! It’s a great chance for us to review our finances a little more thoroughly than we probably otherwise would. If this coversation feels a little one-sided, feel free to chime in down in the comments and share how you’re […]
Monthly Grocery Shopping Trip Notes and Video– February
As I’ve surveyed friends and readers about their grocery budgets (those who actually have them), I’ve found that the numbers are all over the board. Family size doesn’t seem to be the determining factor in how much a family spends. Do you ever wonder what people actually spend their grocery budget on? I’ve been making […]
How to Use a Credit Card Like a Debit Card– Keep Benefits, Lose Debt
One of the things I love, love, love about the way we manage our budget is how we handle credit cards. Though we’ve always paid our credit cards off in full each month, I used to stress over the timing of credit card payments. I’m going to show you how you can stop stressing over […]
Transparent Family Budget Update– January 2018
Time for our first budget update of 2018! I debated whether I should keep sharing our real personal finance numbers with the world or not. I started being transparent with our income and expenses in the fall of 2013 when we decided to buckle down and tackle six figures of student loan debt. The accountability […]
Mid-Month Grocery Shopping– January
In January we spent $350 on groceries for six people. The first $200 was spent at the beginning of the month in our monthly shopping trip to Sam’s Club and Winco. The other $150 was spent in a few mid-month trips, including a trip to a local orchard! As promised, I’m going to show you […]
Why I don’t freeze soup (and what I do instead)
Our winters here in Northern California are milder than anywhere I have ever lived. We don’t get snow at our house, but we do enjoy a rainy season. I love having four seasons, even if they aren’t as extreme as in many places. One of the best parts of cool weather is soup. Seriously! Soup warms […]
Keep your Financial Goals on your Radar
How many times do we make a goal and then forget about it? Or maybe we don’t forget about our goal, but the craziness of life takes over and crowds out the important habits we were developing to aid us in achieving our goal. A couple of years ago my kids had a “penny wars” […]
Our Monthly Grocery Shopping Trip Notes (+ Video)
Ever since I started sharing our family’s real budget with you, I’ve gotten questions about what we actually eat on our low grocery budget. While we were getting out of debt our grocery budget for our (then) family of five was less than $300 per month. Now that we are debt-free we’ve increased our grocery […]
You Need a Budget– Book Review
If you’ve been around Six Figures Under for any length of time, you know that we budget with YNAB. We have for years! Learning the You Need a Budget methodology revolutionized the way we think of and handle our money. I know that sounds dramatic, but it’s true. As someone who has used, loved, and […]
Family Budget Update– December 2017
Happy 2018, friends! I’m excited for the new year! I’ve been a little absent here lately because of 2017’s adventures (new house… no internet, new baby… no sleep etc), but I have lots of plans for Six Figures Under in 2018! As I mention below under the grocery category, in the new year I’m planning […]
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