This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of RetailMeNot. All opinions are 100% mine. Don’t you hate it when you learn an awesome trick to save money right after you spent a bunch of money where you could have used that very trick? Well that just happened to us! As I explained […]
Family Budget Update– November 2017
After last month’s good income you might expect that we made some headway on our big goals like bulking up our emergency fund. But we didn’t. We managed to squeak out the $300 that we needed to get our emergency fund over the $10,000 mark that we fell short of last month. We had some […]
How We Bought a House on Nickels and Dimes
I have another honorable mention from the My Secret to Saving Contest! Please welcome guest author, Hope. She is sharing some great advice and encouragement with us today! Nine years ago, while raising four sons on $40,000 a year, my husband and I paid cash for a new house! We like to tell folks that […]
Why we don’t do budget meetings (and maybe you shouldn’t either)
Because we had so many excellent entries in the My Secret to Saving Contest, I chose a couple of great posts as honorable mentions. I’m sharing the first one today! I think many of you will relate to and be inspired by to Kelly’s experience! If you met my little family of four (soon to […]
Family Budget Update– October 2017
Sometimes I get a little nervous about making our personal finances public. A lot has changed since we started sharing our family budget with the world, and in some ways I think we’re less relatable now than we were then. For example, our income this month is more than triple what we made four years […]
How to NOT Buy Anything NEW– My Secret to Saving
I’m excited to share with you the winning post from the My Secret to Saving contest, written by Becca. The best way to save money is to not spend it in the first place. But how do you do that, when there are always so many things you want and need? For me, I learned […]
How to Save Money by Building Your Own Furniture– My Secret to Saving
Today we have the second place winner of the My Secret to Saving contest. Jennifer Duenes of Ditching Our Debt is sharing her creative way to save money which definitely has me inspired! Several years ago, the idea of building my own furniture had never crossed my mind. On a tight budget for most of […]
The Bedding Strategy that Saves Me Thousands on My Heating Bill
I’m welcoming Libby to the blog today to share her secret to saving! Her post earned third place in the My Secret to Saving contest that I recently hosted! Living in New England, where it is not uncommon to have nights at -11 degrees Fahrenheit in January and February and where snow comes as early […]
Family Budget Update– September 2017
It’s months like this that I’m really glad we budget the way that we do. As you’ll see below, we made some big purchases (we finally got a new bed!) and if we didn’t budget, we would probably unknowingly (or knowingly) overspend. Keeping track of everything makes it easy to know when we’re going to […]
Get Paid to Teach English from Home with VIPKID
This post contains affiliate links along with my honest, genuine thoughts and experience. I recently found the perfect work-from-home opportunity for someone like me. I only wish I had found it a decade ago. If you’re a stay-at-home parent, a graduate student, or someone looking to make some extra money on the side, then I’ve […]
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