Category Archives: Money

Flower Bouquet

When Your Hubby Gives You Flowers

budget, spending money
What do you say? “Hey, buddy, we're on a BUDGET now, don't ya know? Get with the program, will ya?” No, you say, “Thank you honey, what a sweet thing to do.” And then you wait for a few days to check the online banking to see how much they cost… UPDATE: My flowers lasted for eight days. Mr. A explained that he called the flower place and said he wanted to spend about $35. The lady explained there was… Read the rest

Saving Money At Christmas

saving money
Here's a very unusual solution to saving money at Christmas. Our family has decided to exchange gifts on New Year's Day. This way… we can shop the stores that clearance their special Christmas items. Namely Target, my favorite store to shop after Christmas. Usually the day after Christmas everything is marked down to 50%. Then within a few days, it goes down to 75% and finally everything left goes down to 90% I never buy cards, wrapping paper, bows, decorations,… Read the rest
Wedding Dress

Wedding Under $3000

frugal, spending money
Okay, here's the final tally on our wedding which I had hoped to keep under $2000. We invited 160 people, and 96 actually showed up. We had a lot of children at our wedding, too, which really made it a lot of fun! I can't believe people don't want children at their wedding! Ceremony/Reception Location: $0. We had our wedding at my job, which normally charges $800 for the room but let us use it free. Books in lieu of… Read the rest