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

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

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

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

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