If you’re like me – a penny pincher – you need to know it’s okay to have a little fun every once in a while. But how much should you spend on entertainment and fun? The answer is different for everyone, but here are a a few ideas that can help you figure that out.
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12 Wedding Ideas to Fit Your Budget
My husband asked me to marry him in November and we planned a February wedding. My younger sister, however, had already been engaged for over a year with a June wedding planned. I was accused of trying to upstage her wedding, steal her guests, and use up Daddy’s money. Of all things, I better not use up Daddy’s money. Whatever your reasons for cutting your wedding expenses, I have the ideas for you.
Cash Envelope Budgeting
In case you don’t know or need a refresher, cash envelope budgeting involves using envelopes to manage money. An envelope is created for each of your budget categories such as food, clothes, entertainment, transportation, etc. After you receive a paycheck you fund each individual envelope (or budget category) the cash allotted to it for the month…
4 Tips to sticking with a budget
These are my 4 simple tips to stick with a budget… Eliminate temptations – Recovering alcoholics should not hang out in bars. The temptation is too strong, it is just foolish. The same applies to someone who is trying to break the habit of overspending, you should not hang out at the mall, Home Depot, or wherever you get tempted.