Girl Scout cookies came in a few weeks ago and we have so far avoided buying the little buggers, even with 2 Scouts at home. Of course, it helps that 80% of our family is allergic to them. The hubby will buy our leftovers, to keep at his office, at the end of cookie season. [...]

This week’s expenses were mostly on the official exception list, with a few added costs thrown in for lack of planning. Yesterday was my niece’s 1st birthday, celebrated on Saturday with a large party for the whole family. Traveling always costs a little extra—often even beyond the gas expenses—and I still need to buy the [...]

This week hit us with a slew of “necessary” (but unexpected) expenses. Some were definitely more necessary than others—take the furnace, for example. Waking up cold in the middle of the winter is nothing new to me, but when the hubby is the first to say it’s freezing, there’s clearly a problem. And, of course, [...]

As far as our No Spend Month is concerned, Indy’s Icepocalpyse couldn’t have come at a better time. It’s pretty easy not to spend money when you’re trapped in your house for 3 days. Of course, the first thing I wanted to do when the roads began to clear was shop—my very first outing was [...]

As we went through our budget last month, it became clear that we need something drastic to really get us moving on debt repayment. We have our household expenses down to the bare minimum, we do a pretty good job with groceries and we’ve worked hard to eliminate unnecessary expenses. Still, we end up with [...]