Budgeting has always been a big part of my life. Finding ways to save money to be able to do the things I love is my mail goal. Primarily, I love saving money on groceries by meal planning and stock piling. But it doesn’t stop there either. The idea behind budgeting is to set goals about paying off debt, limiting our month expenses, etc.
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As many of you may know, meal planning has always been a passion of mine. Frugal living has also been a big part of my life in the past 10 years. I’ve written posts about what meal planning is, how to save money by meal planning, as well as how to cut down on grocery… Read More Meal Planning On A Budget
During the month of September, I chose to embark on a No Spending Challenge. Max and I have previous done a similar challenge, but this time was a bit different. It was different for a few reasons, but the most important of all is that it was actually easier than I thought it would be.… Read More No Spend September Review // Frugal Living
In case you haven’t read about it, we’ve previous done a couple of No Spending Month challenges. The most notable one was definitely our No Spending Month in January 2018 to start saving for our Tiny House. Not only were we purposely living a more frugal life, we were trying to reduce our ecological footprint by… Read More No Spend September // Frugal Living
As you probably know, Max and I are saving money to buy land and build our very own Tiny House. Sometimes we work a lot, but other times work is a bit slow so we try to find ways to earn a bit of extra money. So today I thought I would take the time… Read More Tiny Tips – Making Extra Money
During our No Spending Month, our goal was to purchase groceries and gas only. We gave ourselves a budget for groceries, but not for gas because we knew we might be travelling out of province this month. We hoped we could stick to our plan to not make any personal purchases for a full month.… Read More No Spending Month Review
One of my favourite sayings is: “The best things in life are always free.” I honestly believe that to be true, in more ways than one. I know that a lot of people will immediately think of spending time with loved ones, making memories together, laughing – experiences. You can’t put a price on that,… Read More How To Have Fun Without Spending Any Money
We knew we had to do something big to start off the new year, we just weren’t sure what it was going to be. So we got started, made a plan and took action. Our final decision was to do a No Spending Month! Honestly, I’m hoping this No Spending Month will turn into a… Read More No Spending Month
Budgeting for Christmas is never an easy thing to do. A lot of people have a strict budget to begin with, and Christmas gifts are an added expenditure which can easily get out of hand. That’s why it is very important to look at creating a budget specifically for Christmas presents and figure out how… Read More Tiny Tips – How to Budget For Christmas Gifts
Last week, I took the time to write out a blog post about how you can save money by meal planning, and I included one of our small grocery lists. This week, I’m going to show you the importance of stock piling and you’ll be able to see what our bigger grocery lists look like!… Read More How Buying Groceries In Bulk Saves You Money