Making Small Steps Toward Big Savings
It’s crazy to think that April is right around the corner, but it’s true. With the start of a new month comes a new budget. Here’s 15 categories to keep in mind while you’re making your April budget. Holidays This year Easter falls in April. Be sure to budget for everything needed to celebrate, whether… [Read More]
Does this sound familiar? You work hard at a job that you don’t particularly enjoy for a paycheck. When that check comes, you have to dish that money back out to pay for your car, your house, your credit cards, and so on. You feel like you’re barely making it month to month, and you… [Read More]
It’s no surprise that our family is a fan of roasted chicken. It shows up on our monthly meal plans at least once a month, and a lot of our chicken recipes are based around using up the leftover roasted chicken. But sometimes we have a meal on our meal plan where we need shredded… [Read More]
Does this sound familiar? You’re so caught up in the day to day that you forget the smaller things, like when your bills are due? Or you remembered that it’s the 18th, and the electric bill was due, but did you really pay it? If this sounds like you, I know exactly where you are… [Read More]
When we started our debt free journey and I was evaluating our spending habits, I quickly realized that what we were spending on food for our family of 5 was well above what it should have been. At the time we were spending well over $1,200 on food each month! And that didn’t include what… [Read More]
Ever have a meal that was a breeze to make, tasted absolutely delicious, but the presentation was less than desirable? That’s the only way I can describe this meal. It’s really not much to look at. But it’s a very frugal and cheap alternative to rice & beans. Plus, it’s very versatile! You could add… [Read More]
When you’re just starting on your debt free journey, you’re encouraged to find things in your budget that you can cut back on, or cut out entirely, to help increase your income and pay off your debt faster. For some people, cutting back on, or stopping your retirement contribution entirely, falls into this category. But… [Read More]
The beginning of March is always welcomed here. Geese start making their way back into the area, the Chickadees and Blue Jays are more active. Spring is on its way! But we live in Zone 5, so the beginning of March also means we’re about 8-10 weeks away from our last spring frost. While the temperatures… [Read More]
Back in college, Hubs and I used to make boxed meals like Hamburger Helper and Tuna Helper all the time. It was before we had Bookworm, but even afterwards we would still fall back on a Helper boxed dinner of some form from time to time. While it made dinner infinitely easier, it wasn’t healthier… [Read More]
Each month I chronicle our progress on our debt free journey. This is how we did for February 2018. February 2018 Debt Update In February, we paid $1,288.87 on debt. Credit Card: $558.87 Student Loans: $230 Mortgage: $500 I started this month with such hopes of getting our debt paid down quite a bit, but Murphy had some… [Read More]
