Live Fully, Budget Fiercely
After years of buying expensive food at rest stops and failing to plan ahead, a heard look at our budget forced us to rethink our road trips. We needed to learn how to save money on our road trips, and we needed to do it fast. We View Post
We Live on ONE Income (And That's Not Going to Change!) Our family on 5 lives very comfortably on one income. And while it's not as low as it once was, $50,000 for a family of five is still considered "low income." But that doesn't stop us, because View Post
Spending $25 Saved Me $1,500 On My Boys What used to cost me more than $60 a month? It's something that everyone needs to make sure that they look her best. It's haircuts. More specifically haircuts for the men, even the mini men, in your View Post
It's tax return season! Everybody is getting those big fat checks if they've been waiting for! The "bonus money." It's free money, right? It's free to spend however you much, right? It's money that is just given to you one day, right?(Actually, it's View Post
How can you expect the unexpected when you're on a budget? When every penny has a plan, what about things that are more than just a monthly expense? Things can take you by surprise. Sometimes accidents happen. Maybe someone needs emergency medical View Post
Is Ebates Worth It? I'm always wary of cashback scams online. Especially when a site claims that I can get cashback for buying something that I was already planning on purchasing. They're almost always too good to be true. And then I found View Post
Yes, you read that correctly: my family of four lived off of one income of $17,000 a year. That was it. No "side hustles," no other sources of income at all. It wasn't easy, but it taught us how important it is to save money and make every penny View Post
5 Little Things I Rarely Spend Money On That Have a BIG Impact The first time that my husband and I took a hard look at our budget, we were living off of $17,000 as a family of 4 and were at a breaking point. We realized that we needed to get in View Post
A little while ago, I told you about how our family of (then) four had survived and managed to still buy a house and 2 cars all while bringing in $17,000 a year. It wasn't easy, but that was all that we knew at the time. We save money AND spend it View Post
Yes. You read that correctly. A family of 4 lived on $17,000 annually. And we were able to save up for a house, paid off 2 cars, and still managed to build a savings account. It wasn't easy but we made it work. When we had our first son, my View Post
