Remove Emergency Fund Remove Family Remove Making Do Remove Saving Money
article thumbnail

What Do You Tolerate to Save Money?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

How much do you tolerate to save money? Good thing we have that emergency fund because this won’t be cheap to fix. It depends on how inconvenient it is for you and your family. It depends on how important it is to you and your family. Money Tips' For how long should you tolerate broken?

article thumbnail

Our Big Financial Goal for 2016

Family Balance Sheet

I have made a pact with myself that if I don’t already own something that I need, I will either: make do with what I have, find said item at a thrift store, borrow, or forget about it. We do budget for dining out and this year, we will need to be more diligent about staying within that budget. I think I’ll survive.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Take Control of Your Money in 2015

Family Balance Sheet

We will be challenging ourselves to resist buying retail and instead choose thrift by borrowing, buying second hand, or making do with what we already have. I will be sharing more about my family’s everyday life. In 2015, Let’s Take Control of Our Money. Add Family Balance Sheet to your RSS feed.

2015 100
article thumbnail

Our 2018 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

Save for a camper upgrade. We bought a used pop-up several years ago and it was one of the best decisions for our family We absolutely adore camping, and we’d like to upgrade to a travel trailer. We’d like to start saving for it in 2018, if possible. We will control our money, rather than our money controlling us.