Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 11, 2011

Does the sight of a Christmas tree make you want to hurl? Does it make you cringe to even think about Christmas? What makes me cringe is realizing how much we spent on Christmas in 2010. Since we use credit cards for almost all of our purchases, we are paying the bills now for our Christmas presents.

Christmas 138

Christmas 2011 Bills Credit Cards 138

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 25, 2011

90+ degrees.who wants to think about Christmas? If your holiday planning went smoothly last year then you might not feel any urgency to think about Christmas 2011, but if you overspent, shopped at the last minute and paid the price well into spring then you might want to rethink this year's strategy. Hit the Restart button.

Christmas 157

Christmas Credit Cards January Budgeting 157

Saving Everyday

APRIL 24, 2012

Starting January 2012, we set up an automatic withdraw to a new “vacation savings account” of $25 a week. Having the ”vacation savings account” is like a back-up plan so we don’t feel strapped while we’re there. I haven’t cashed out since June of 2011 woohoo!

March 86

March Disney Friends And Family Sale Vacation 86

Finally Frugal

JANUARY 8, 2011

This, apparently, is due to the fact that individuals won't be paying into Social Security in 2011 (which, honestly, seems rather inadvisable given the sorry state of our Social Security system, but I'm not making the decisions in D.C., One of the more interesting topics in the U.S.

Frugal 45

Frugal Spendthrift Debt Recession 45