I’ve shared with you my awesome list of tips for hosting wildly successful garage sales and my biggest yard sale pet peeve (and how to avoid them when you’re hosting a sale), but today I want to focus on shopping at yard sales and garage sales. Whenever I share my great yard sale scores with friends […]
How to Rent Your Space with Airbnb (even when you don’t think you have extra)
Over Christmas break, we took a short trip to the coast to go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium (we got ourselves a family membership for Christmas). I found a great 3 bedroom home on Airbnb to stay in while we were there. It was nice to have the comforts of home (like a kitchen, washer […]
How to Save Money on Trash Service🗑️
Paying for weekly curbside garbage pickup can really add up. When you’re working hard to pay off debt, save for a big goal, or fix your financial situation, you need to question every expense. Even your trash service! When you’re accustomed to paying a bill, like your trash bill, every month, it’s easy to just […]
How to plan and pack food for a trip (8 people for 3 days)
Over Spring break, we took my in-laws on a trip to the coast. The trip was part of our Christmas gift to them (gifts of experience are for grown-ups too). They had to drive their own car (we don’t have room for two more), but we were taking care of everything else. If you know […]
How to Sew Without Spending Money
The week before Easter I took a look though my fabric and patterns to make plans for matching Easter outfits for my kids. I always thought it was fun when my mom would sew my siblings and me coordinating clothing for special occasions. I was really excited to finally have two girls to sew for, […]
Family Budget Update– April 2017
Every month we hold ourselves accountable to you by sharing what we earn and spend as well as the progress we make on our financial goals. The accountability helped tremendously as we paid off $144,000 of student loan debt, so we’ve kept up the tradition. April was an expensive month between paying Uncle Sam and […]
2017 Ultimate Homemaking Bundle
Most of the content On SixFiguresUnder.com is evergreen, in other words, tips and tricks that are timeless and always relevant. It’s rare that I write an entire post on something that’s only applicable for a limited time. When the Ultimate Homemaking Bundle comes around, I make an exception. Let me tell you why! The Ultimate […]
How to Search and Book an Awesome Place on Airbnb
A while back I showed you a dozen ways you can save even more money on Airbnb accommodations and it was a hit! I love it when others get excited about awesome frugal hacks like I do. Well, I realized that in that long post full of money-saving tips and tricks I didn’t walk you […]
Why we didn’t wait for a 20% down payment
You might say we were pretty hardcore when it came to paying off our student debt. We lived extremely frugally, made significant sacrifices, and worked hard to pay off that debt in a hurry. With such an extreme approach to debt payoff, many were surprised that we bought a house so soon after becoming debt-free. […]
Homemade Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting
Cinnamon rolls are a special treat in our house. They take a little more work than most of our breakfasts (and they get eaten way too fast!), but they are frugal and fun treat to have every now and then. One way that I’ve simplified cinnamon rolls is by letting one of our favorite recipes […]
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