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5 Budget Destinations for May

Shereen Travels Cheap

Here are 5 places that can help you do more with a smaller budget: New Orleans, Louisiana With both Mardi Gras and the Jazz Festival (over on May 5th) both out of the way, New Orleans is heading into a quieter time, meaning you can really explore the city without a million other people. You just need to know when to go and what to do.

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Best Places to Get Your Taxes Done Cheap?

The Budget Diet

Spring is right around the corner, and so is baseball, April showers, and May flowers. For 2020, Tax day falls on Wednesday, April 15, which means you have just a few more weeks to get your taxes filed and off to. Read more The post Best Places to Get Your Taxes Done Cheap  appeared first on The Budget Diet.

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How to Budget (and Pay) for Yearly Bills + a FREE Speadsheet

Family Balance Sheet

Not sure how to budget for your once-a-year bills? But let me show you how to budget (and pay) for yearly bills with a strategy I’ve used for years. Our Story: April is always a very expensive month for us. Typically in April, I write checks that total in the mid-four figures with everything combined.

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Liberty Tax vs. H&R Block Tax Services  

The Budget Diet

Tax Day was on April 17 and most people are happy that it’s now out of the way. Read more The post Liberty Tax vs. H&R Block Tax Services appeared first on The Budget Diet. H&R Block Tax Services appeared first on The Budget Diet. Many people choose TurboTax for their tax preparation needs.

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Grocery Budget Challenge – April Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

The Goal of the Grocery Budget Challenge is to be creative with our meal planning and grocery shopping so that we do not over-spend. We don’t want to make our families miserable with bland meals, boring snacks, and not enough food in the house, but we must stay on budget. How Did We Do in April? How did you do in April?

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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

Family Balance Sheet

How I’m managing our family budget during the Pandemic: We pay ourselves at the beginning of each month, so when this crisis started in mid-March, we were covered for the month. April will be a “we might not have an income” month. Budget items we are temporarily stopping for now: EVERYTHING ELSE!

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Christmas Savings Club April 2019

Family Balance Sheet

This should cover my tentative 2019 Christmas budget that I based on what we spent in 2018. I’m challenging myself to find the cash outside of our budget. How did I do in April? April was a very easy month for me to find our $100. I don’t know if there will be an easier month than April. Easy peasy!

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