By: Susan
Stephanie, Yes, we use cash too and it has been one of the most freeing decisions we've made. We talk more often about money now and discuss how we're doing throughout the month. We take out the amount...
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@Jessa, How does he feel about it? After you draw up your preliminary budget (for areas except for his), tell him what your goal is for having a budget, show him what you are thinking about and see if...
View ArticleBy: Niina
Such good Dave Ramsey advice. We use cash but the one place I can't use cash is with my Azure order and my CSA. Do you just leave the necessary amount in the checking account to cover these cost even...
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I have handled the "multiple purchase" in 2 different ways: -we have a "household" category that includes both grocery and household purchases such as toiletries. this is particularly helpful if you...
View ArticleBy: Meredith
I have felt so in control of our money since we started using cash. Luckily, our bank is on the way to my son's preschool, so every payday I just swing by the bank and get our 2 weeks worth of money...
View ArticleBy: Stephanie @ Keeper of the Home
@Niina, For Azure, I pay by credit card and then immediately put that amount of cash into my "credit card" envelope, so that my husband can use it to pay off the card, and that way I know that the...
View ArticleBy: LoriSm
My husband and I use credit for all purchases. I keep tabs on how much I spend on groceries each week and once I hit it I am done for the week. Why do we use a credit card for all purchases? Because we...
View ArticleBy: Sarah
I am curious what you and your readers would say a monthly food budget amount would be for a family of four who want to eat real and organic food? $500? $700? $1000? I feel really overwhelmed with the...
View ArticleBy: Stephanie @ Keeper of the Home
@Sarah, That is such a tough question because the answer is really "it depends", which isn't very helpful. I will tell you that I feed our family of 5 (my kids are almost 2 up to 6 1/2, and eat more...
View ArticleBy: Bev in Texas
Hubby and I are reading through Joel Salatin's new book "Folks this ain't normal" and I came across such a good analogy about the "high cost" of good food (grass fed beef, pasture eggs, etc..)Folks do...
View ArticleBy: Catherine W.
I found your blog on a Google search this evening. My husband and I need to get better about grocery budgeting. One of the things confounding us is how to account for all the paper products, first aid,...
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