Are you thinking about personalized holiday cards for your family? Don't tell me it is only October and that isn't on your to-do list yet because that is MY excuse! =P It wasn't hard for me to find a favorite from the selection at Purple Trail. I love the ornament pictures in … [Read more...]
Simple Budgeting: Tax Increase Budget Readiness
Last month, I wrote about Holiday Budget Planning.This month's topic is way less fun but even more important ... Tax Increase Budget Readiness. (NOTE: This is about the current facts. No politics. Keep the politics out of this discussion as this about planning for your personal … [Read more...]
Simply Budgeting: Holiday Budget Planning
Last month, I wrote about Real World Debt Management.Last month I tweeted asking for ideas and got two great ones. This month's topic is thanks to another Twitter friend but I didn't write down who it was. If you suggested a post on Holiday Budget Planning, this is for you. Oh … [Read more...]
Ten Ways of Making Your Favorite Foods Healthier
Who isn't trying to eat healthier these days? I don't know many people who aren't. But who wants to eat cardboard and often more importantly who has the money to spend on fru-fru food products that taste like cardboard?! I sure don't! We want to eat the foods we love but how do … [Read more...]
Simple Budgeting: Real World Debt Management
Last month, I wrote about Using What You Have. This month I tweeted asking for ideas and got two great ones. So I am going to write this month about how to get out of debt thanks to the suggestion from @alyssaavant. I am not Dave Ramsey or Suze Orman when it comes to debt. … [Read more...]
Back to School, Back to Spending: How to Cut Back without Cutting Out the Essentials
It's that time of year again. Your kids have overstayed their welcome at home and it's back to sending them off to where they rightfully belong--in school. The journey back, whether it's to a college far from home or to school a few blocks away, cannot be successfully completed … [Read more...]
Announcing a New Series … Simply Budgeted Wedding Series!
I am so excited to announce this new series! Why is Simply Budgeted Wedding Series coming to Simply Living on a Budget? First ... my little sister, who isn't so little any more, is getting married! Eight years of dating and she now engaged! And of course, she is planning her … [Read more...]
Simple Budgeting: Use What You Have
I am a tad embarrassed that here is the end of the month and I am just putting up July's Simple Budgeting series post but life has been crazy. At any rate, here it is!Last month, I wrote about Knowing What You Have. I gave the example of our pantry clean out and organizing … [Read more...]
Simple Budgeting: Knowing What You Have
We spent Sunday cleaning out our pantry. I love the fact that our kitchen has a pantry. I hate the pantry design. The shelves are nice and big but they are big and deep. You know how your dryer eats socks, well our pantry ate food. It would suck it into the back of the deep … [Read more...]
Simple Budgeting: Is Health a Necessity?
This is the fifth post in the monthly series titled Simple Budgeting. Check the left sidebar for the links to the posts in this series!Simply put (haha) ... no seriously, I was overwhelmed with the comments in the Spring Cleaning post last month. Y'all impress me with how … [Read more...]
Simple Budgeting: Spring Cleaning
This is the fourth post in the monthly series titled Simple Budgeting. Check the left sidebar for the links to the posts in this series!So the topic for this month is "Spring Cleaning". If you wrote out all of your bills like I suggested in January's post, did anything surprise … [Read more...]
Thrifty Shopping at Thrift Shops
Do you shop at your local thrift shops? If not, you are probably missing out! I already did a piece about my children's consignment sale addiction. I do love them. I did miss out on a few recently but I don't feel like I lost out. Why is that? The local thrift shops are a gold … [Read more...]
Simple Budgeting: The Color Green
This is the third post in the monthly series titled Simple Budgeting. Check the left sidebar for the link to last two posts.So the topic for this month is "The Color Green". I figured this title went good with the Spring season, St. Patrick's Day, and hopefully the growing … [Read more...]
Simple Budgeting: A Little Math
This is the second post in the monthly series titled Simple Budgeting. Check the left sidebar for the link to last month's post.So the topic for this month is "A Little Math". This month's post is going to continue off last month's post where you were asked to write down all of … [Read more...]
Do You Compare Prices?
Silly question, huh? Or is it? Have you ever compared the prices of the basic items that you buy for family every week at the main places you shop? If you do, kudos to you! Please add your tips in a comment as I know I would love to hear them myself and my readers would … [Read more...]
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