When I was a baby, one of my first words was, “Shopping!” I would say it when I saw my grandma (my mom’s mom). My mom loved to shop. My grandma loved to shop. My sister loves to shop. I also love to shop. We’re bargain hunters. We’re quality-finders. We comparison shop and help friends [...]
This post is the fifth entry in my money management series. To start at the beginning, see post one: money management, post two: housing, post three: food matters, and post four: a penny for the coffee, a penny for the tea here! Over the last year, our third largest spending category (10% of expenses) was [...]
I have more money-management posts coming soon…thoughts are swirling in my head and are about ready to be born…but in the meantime I wanted to share a couple items that I normally purchase that I’ve taken to making myself. It’s nothing big, and I’m not saving many dollars, but it feels satisfying to discover that [...]
This post is the third in my money management series. To start at the beginning, see post one: money management, post two: housing, and post three: food matters here! Last Friday night (cool person that I am) I spent a couple hours at our grocery store – Woodman’s – with my shopping list, coupons, and [...]
Hi! Welcome to my third installment in my series on money management. (See post one and post two:housing here!) In an effort to spend a bit less and save a bit more, I’m taking a look at my family’s expenses. I started big, and I’m working my way down. However, our second biggest expense – [...]
As Bryan and I have been looking at our expenses, I’ve been starting big and working my way down. If you have the interest and patience, I think I’ll proceed with this money management topic (see my first post here) by sharing some thoughts about each of our major expense categories. So jump in, and [...]
I’d just like to send a big thanks to everyone who responded to my first post on money management. It feels great to have a community of friends and family chiming in, and it’s neat to see all the different ways that families make their finances work. Thanks for sharing all your ideas and suggestions [...]
Finances are a topic that just isn’t talked about much in our society. It’s generally considered a very private, personal thing. Even with my good friends – we don’t often have conversations about money. I understand the reasons why, but I also think that being more open to talking about money would benefit our [...]
