Prairie Eco-Thrifter
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
At my previous job, I had no problem with bringing my lunch every day to work. Furthermore, my office was not near any sort of restaurant or café, thereby eliminating the accessibility of food out, as well as my craving for it. Because I switched jobs, I needed to establish the habit again at my new office. Go Frugal'
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JULY 18, 2011
Cut Down the “Eating Out”. If you analyzed your bank statement or credit card bill, you would probably find a large percentage of the charges would be fast food or other “eating out” type expenses. Spend that money throughout the month, and when you come to the end of the money in the envelope, stop going out to eat.
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Family Balance Sheet
MAY 6, 2020
As the Family Office Manager , I handle the day-to-day finances for our family and I needed a way to communicate our finances to my husband. Our small business was going well, so we said so long to renting office space and purchased a commercial property in the summer of 2012. So we got to work! Storm #2: 2013.
Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 1, 2021
If you are self-employed, work for a company or in an industry that is unstable, or maybe you or someone in your family has medical issues, you might want to save 6-12 months of expenses. Now that we’ve paid off six figures of non-mortgage debt , we are working on saving 6 months’ expenses and maybe even more.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
FEBRUARY 15, 2011
Place these copies in the home office and make them readily available for review at any time. Eating Out. Use coupons, children eat free specials, and discounted restaurant gift certificates to save on meals. Look at the pattern of how money was spent in prior months eating out. Written Budget.
Saving Cents With Sense
MAY 25, 2012
Summer is officially here and that means that kids are home, people are time off work, and gas prices are up (yikes!). Limit the temptation to check your email or other work-related activities by having certain “check-in” times, like you normally would. enjoy eating out at new restaurants. visit a water park.
Family Balance Sheet
JANUARY 21, 2015
I own a software consultancy that I run from home and my husband is a letter carrier with the post office. We realized that debt payments were eating into our income and potential to build wealth. It would be hard to have the laid back life we envisioned with both of us working frantically just to pay bills (mostly made of debt.)
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