Thursday Thrifty Throwdown: Fun on A Budget Challenge #2
Thursdays in June mean we all get ideas on how to have fun on a budget. Hints on how to enjoy the warmer months (or any month really) with little ways to save money for the fun or ways to have fun without spending a whole lot of cashola.
For the Fun on A Budget Challenge #2, let's look at that budget. And take another closer look. Are there ways to redo or tweak or alter that budget in order to have some extra money to do summer fun things. Cheek out these simple tweaks to make that can make your summer fun and not break your budget:
-- Look at the grocery bill. The grocery bill is one area where we have a bit of wiggle room. Try out some costs saving recipes, break out that crockpot, cut out meat twice a week - anything you can do to shave sat $10 per week off of your groceries is $40 a month extra for fun.
--Make it automatic. Use all of the technology at our disposal. Contact your bank to have $40 or $50 taken out of each paycheck and put aside for fun.
-- Reassess your needs and wants. This is advice for those areas within all of the categories in your budget. Within your clothing category or the household category, rethink the purchases everyday. Do you really need that tote bag, even though it is on sale? Imagine that $12.99 going into the Fun Fund.
Have you redone your budget recently? What's your best budget hint?
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my hubby is always spending even when we cannot afford it :-(
Quoting dusky_rose:We don't really have a budget and anytime there is any wiggle room, my DH likes to spend it.
when on vaction spluge alittle by getting a studio room ,and cook 2 meals inside per day only out for 1 a day you pick breakfast , lunch or dinner we usally go out for a early dinner ... Still lunch pricing
We just pay bills every time dh gets a pay check. One week is electric/phone and cell phones and the other is mortgage.
LOL.. sounds like my dh.
Quoting dusky_rose:We don't really have a budget and anytime there is any wiggle room, my DH likes to spend it.
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No but we need to. I think the best advice I have been given is pay yourself first. Wat I need to teach DH is DO NOT use store credit!!!!!
I have to watch what I spend since it is tempting and easy to buy online.
mine too
Quoting aneela:my hubby is always spending even when we cannot afford it :-(
Quoting dusky_rose:We don't really have a budget and anytime there is any wiggle room, my DH likes to spend it.
Monthly expenses
- HeatherNYC
on Jun. 14, 2012 at 12:00 AM