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Start Planning and Budgeting for Summer TODAY!

Family Balance Sheet

If you haven’t already done so, NOW is the time to start mapping out and budgeting for summer. To help you plan your summer, I have added TWO summer freebies to my subscribers’ only page: a 2022 printable summer calendar and a summer budget spreadsheet. Join my email community HERE and receive both freebies!

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10 Nifty Ways to Eat Organic on a Budget

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Finding ways to fit organic foods into your budget is really not much different than any other endeavor of frugality. So even if you’re on a tight budget, you can still manage to go organic if you follow just a few of these tips. They too are nice resources that you can use to find sources of organic food in your area.

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Our 2023 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

We used the snowball method to pay off our non-mortgage debts. However, I will re-focus on my meal planning/grocery shopping routine to try to get this number down. Sidebar: Restaurants are also a budget buster for us, and I will be extra diligent in this category as well. How will we make these goals?

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Want to save money? Let go of the need for matching

The Frugal Girl

If things don’t need to match, you are more able to take whatever comes along that’s in your budget. My bedroom furniture is a mishmash of hand-me-downs and freebies that are all sort of a similar shade of wood, but nothing actually matches except the bed and the dresser. Let’s run through some examples!

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Mint.com: FREE Budgeting Software

Saving With Shellie

This is a free budgeting resource and it is truly fabulous. They use the same encryption security that all the banks use. You can see how your net worth is increasing, what percentage of your purchases go toward different categories of expenses and how much (or less) you’re spending than the previous year.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

Family Balance Sheet

Groceries is one budget category that can get out of control very quickly, and that’s before inflation. However, it can be an easy budget category to manage, but it takes some planning, skill, and organization. These are strategies I use weekly to help keep my grocery bill in line with our budget.

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Holiday Planning Helpers

Saving In Akron

The holidays are quickly approaching, and well, if you're not organized, you're going to be scrambling at the last minute to get things done. Printables include a menu planner, budget worksheet, calendar, and much more. You’re going to love chapters about… How much should you budget for your holiday meal.

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