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Help Teens Holiday Budget

December 16, 2015 By Kelly

With the holidays fast approaching it’s time to talk holiday shopping, and more importantly, holiday budgets. While you may have yours under control, have you shared with your teens how to manage their holiday budgets? We’ve got all the details on how you can help teens holiday budget and some ways to help them stretch their […]

Filed Under: Kids, Money, Sponsored Tagged With: budget, budgeting, Holiday, holiday shopping, holiday spending, Kids, teen spending, teens, teens and money

5 steps to take the boring out of budgeting

June 26, 2012 By Kelly 2 Comments

When it comes to budgeting and managing money I sucked at it for a long, long time. (and still sometimes do) Eventually I wised up to the fact that credit cards were NOT free money, and that I was an actual grownup and had to learn what words like amortization, APR, and equity actually meant. […]

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: budgeting, Money

How to Budget

May 15, 2012 By Kelly 22 Comments

Budgets are a necessary part of your personal finances. They only seem like a four letter word. Many people cringe when they think about looking at all of their bills, or seeing all their debt in one place. However, budgeting gives you something you wouldn’t expect–freedom from worry and peace of mind that you can […]

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: budget, budgeting, how to, Money

New Year’s Financial Resolutions

January 6, 2010 By Kelly 13 Comments

During my giveaway for David Bach’s book I asked everyone to enter by telling me what your top financial resolution is for the year.  I loved the responses so much, and wanted to share them with you. Save more My advice: If you are trying to save a certain amount or percentage have it automatically […]

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: action, budgeting, goals, Money, motivation, paying off debt, savings, Spending

Joint Finances (or not?)

April 21, 2009 By Kelly 8 Comments

There has never been a time we kept our finances separate. I have been a stay at home mom for over 11 years, and from the beginning our finances have been combined. With only one income (for the most part), this was the only way to go.

I suppose if we had started out as a dual income family things might be different. I did (and do) most of the shopping for the family, and he earns the money, so separating the finances never made sense.

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: budgeting, finances, joint finances, marriage, Money, money and marriage, partners

Budgeting Bi-Weekly Pay

April 2, 2009 By Kelly 31 Comments

One of the things that held us back from being financially successful for years, was confusion over how to allocate our money. A topic that came again and again over the years was how to make a monthly personal budget when you get paid bi-weekly. It is one of the main reasons our budgets failed […]

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: bi-weekly pay, budget, budgeting, Financial Planning, Money, saving

How We Saved $17,000

March 9, 2009 By Kelly 12 Comments

Previously I talked about gathering all your financial info so you know where you are starting. I call this digging your head out of the sand. 😉 When I started digging my head out of the sand the first thing I did was wrote down everything we spend money on in a typical month, and […]

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: budget, budgeting, Money, save, saving money

No Spend Month Update

January 18, 2009 By Kelly 5 Comments

We’re over halfway through out no spend month, so here’s an update. We have gone over the $600 mark, as of today our total is $897.82. The new goal is to stay under $1,100. (I know we have 2 expenses left for the month, plus gas and anything else that comes up) We have 12 […]

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: budget, budgeting, Money, no spend month, Spending

NO Spend Month (1/1/09-1/31/09)

January 13, 2009 By Kelly 1 Comment

Not spending for a month is not an original idea with me. I found an article in Reader’s Digest about it. I found blog posts about other people who have done a No Spend Month. My favorite example is over at Small Notebook where Rachel and her family participate in a No spend Month yearly. The […]

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: budget, budgeting, Money, no spend month, Save Money, saving

How To Start A No Spend Month

January 12, 2009 By Kelly 5 Comments

The main reason I started this blog is due to the hugely popular response our No Spend Month story garnered. We were featured in USA Today and on The Today Show as the face of families everywhere who are trying to cut back. I first read about the idea in Reader’s Digest (my grandmother’s yearly […]

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