My favorite hobby is collecting Found Money—that’s money I can access outside my regular income. Anything from coupons to credit card points to cash I earn selling my clutter counts as Found Money.” Found Money #2: Wallet Check! Gift Card Balances If you’re like me, you have a couple dozen gift cards laying around. I […]
What’s Your Grocery Budget? Grocery Budget Tracking #1 Jan 1–15 2018
This is the first post of my Grocery Budget Tracking in 2018! Can you feed your family a Clean Eating diet and still come in under your grocery budget? I’m about to find out! This is the real grocery budget of our family, who eats 15 pounds a week of pastured meat…and sometimes Poptarts. Why […]
My $240 Freebies Spree (no coupons)! Found Money #1
Today I took a whirlwind tour of my neighborhood to scoop up $240 in (sort of) easy freebies! My favorite hobby is collecting Found Money—that’s money I can access outside my regular income. Anything from coupons to credit card points to cash I earn selling my clutter counts as Found Money. Here’s the breakdown of […]
Get Out of Debt with Credit Card Bonus Offers: Make an Easy $636 (or more!) with these 2 Credit Card Offers!
Updated 1/9/2019 – Build your vacation fund from $0 to Disney with these two great credit card bonus offers: Southwest Visa 40,000 points and American Express Blue Cash Preferred $250 bonus! Can opening another credit card help you get out of debt? It may seem crazy to suggest opening two new credit cards to help you get out […]
104 Days of Summer Vacation Day 2: Family Game Night
Easy Summer Fun Yardwork and Coke. Church. Everybody went swimming—even me. So cold. The kids washed the cars. Night swimming with tiki torches (I skipped that round). Jameson made brownies. We are eating way too much sugar around here, but it’s a holiday weekend! We decorated the house with patriotic bunting and the American flag for […]
How to Get a Better Discount on Appliances at Sears
I just bought a fridge from Sears and saved an extra $300 off the sale price, so I wanted to share how to get a better discount on appliances at Sears. I saved over $200 just by buying online instead of in-store! I did not use a Sears credit card. I’ll explain why I don’t like […]
$0 Christmas Budget: How to Have a Merry Christmas without Spending a Dime!
Christmas is a few short weeks away! What’s your Christmas budget? My Christmas budget is $0. That’s right: ZERO DOLLARS. [Affiliate links in this post are for your convenience and offer free 2-day shipping with Amazon Prime. Get a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime!] I’m not a Grinchy Scrooge! We actually spend far more […]
Summer Fun On A Budget: Have A Blast For Free!
Do you have a budget for your summer vacation? Not your vacation vacation, but those fun summer activities and treats that make summer summer? I don’t. OK, my summer fun budget is like $30. But I can make that in one hour posting crap out of my closet on a Facebook garage sale, so my YNAB does […]
