Posts Tagged ‘budget’
Spike in Oil Prices Means Good Time to Revamp Budget
Don’t panic over oil prices following the Saudi attack. Make this the right time to revisit your household budget to see where you can cut if fuel prices stay up. Whether you rent or own, you can complete a simple worksheet to see the amount of your debt and what it would take to pay…
Read More2 Ways to Decorate Your New Digs Without New Debt
12 Tips to Save Money when you decorate and rehab after you buy your next home.
Read MoreSpending Moratorium: Part 4
Summing up my progress on the Spending Moratorium: Part 1: Inspired by a book, the realization dawned on me that I was a spendaholic, shopaholic but that I could decide to change. In spite of a clear understanding of how to budget, I still needed to clean up my own budgeting approach. Part 2: I…
Read MoreSpending Moratorium Part 3- The Out of Town Family Event
I just returned from an out of town family wedding. In the middle of my debt reduction spending moratorium, I traveled to a dangerous destination known as my hometown, amidst a reunion with family for a week. Ouch! Here is what I did well and what I didn’t do well on my path to debt…
Read MoreDebt Control: Spending Moratorium Part 2- Missteps Made and Lessons Learned
By Friday, I was feeling pumped about my spending moratorium and on my way to Debt freedom. I had unsubscribed to most of the email savings. Some, I kept for after the moratorium. Bad move. Today I am a little humbler. Six days into the spending moratorium I fell into some traps that I will…
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