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An Easy Way to Save for Irregular Expenses

For the Mommas

Online banks such as ING Direct make the creation of sinking funds easy: you can literally open a new subaccount with a few clicks, making it possible to have five or ten separate sinking funds according to your family’s needs. Bank Your Savings. Another option is to simply bank your savings. Bank your savings.

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Back to Basics: Saving Your Savings

For the Mommas

I see it on frugal blogs all the time. “I and putting $30 in the bank may be impossible for you, but here are some steps to start “Saving Your Savings”. In my book, rebate checks equal easy savings. I always deposit my rebate checks and survey checks directly to my savings account. I spent $3.02 and saved over $30!”.