Category Archives: Money

Do You Ever Spend a Set Amount of Money More Than Once?

spending money, True Confessions
I have noticed over the years that I have a bad habit of doing something when extra money comes in.  For example, last month an extra $30 landed in my PayPal account. So I thought I'd go ahead and buy those Wii games that I mentioned on my spending spree. But I'd forgotten that was one of the reasons why I went ahead and bought the extra Pioneer Woman Cooks cookbooks because I knew the $30 could help to pay… Read the rest

Cash System for Groceries – Weeks 7 through 10

cash system
Our goal is to have $160 each week for groceries. I got behind on tracking our personal finances after Week 6, but I got caught up this weekend, so here is a rundown for Weeks 7 through 10. Y'all are probably getting sick of hearing about how we did every single solitary week, so after this catchup post I'll go to a monthly update. Week 7 : Monday October 19th to Sunday October 25th Week 8 : Monday October 26th… Read the rest

Our Grocery Budget – How It’s Evolved

Carnivals, cash system
If you are visiting from the Carnival of Money Stories II hosted at PT Finance, welcome to Out of Debt Again! Thank you Phil for including my post in today's carnival! When Mr. A and I were married the first time, I was the “money person” much like Blunt Money discusses in a recent post Why is it hard to stick to a budget? I was in charge of the finances, made the grocery shopping list, and did all the… Read the rest

Cash System for Groceries – Week 6

cash system
Week 6 : Monday October 13th to Sunday October 18th We are supposed to have $160 each week for groceries.  We overspent last week, so we were supposed to stick to the amount remaining, which was $82. We were unable to do that, and ended up spending $166. Here's how we did: I didn't add any new categories to track this week. I suggested to Mr. A that we forego buying groceries this week to catch up, but he did… Read the rest