How to Stop Feeling Stressed About Money
Everyone worries about money, right? Well, you might be surprised to know that it is possible to find hope with your finances and stop stressing about money with a few simple steps. Here’s how.
5 Simple Ways to Boost Your Budget with Gratitude
You might be surprised by how easy it is to give your budget a boost with these 5 gratitude tips. (without ever opening your budget app or trying to save money!)
4 Things Every SAHM Needs for Financial Success
Want to be at home with your kids instead of away at work? This post will show you how to be a stay at home mom – without constantly struggling with money.
How to Save Money to Be a Stay at Home Mom
A frugal stay at home mom shares her best tips for budgeting and saving money – so you can stay at home with your kids instead of being away at work.
How to Get Your Husband on Board with a Budget
It can be a struggle when you can’t agree with your husband about what to spend your money on. Or when your husband doesn’t even want to discuss the budget at all. Try these 8 tips for how to get your spouse on the same page financially – you can have a positive relationship with each other and your money!
How to Save for College on a Tight Budget
You can help your kids save for college and drastically reduce their student loan debt, even on a tight budget. I was amazed at how much we can help our kids save, even with only very small contributions to their college savings. Check it out!
My Interviews with Mint.com and Coupons Daily
A little while back I had a big moment as a frugal living blogger. I was contacted by Mint.com for an interview. There are few sites that I would be quite that excited about talking with, as Mint’s budgeting software played such a big role in helping my family...
How to Budget with Mint and Stick to It – Easy Tutorial
Learn how to budget with mint with this step-by-step Mint budget tutorial. Make a budget and stick to it with this awesome free software and app!
48 Unexpected Expenses that will Bust Your Budget…and how to pay for them
Don’t don’t let these unexpected expenses bust your personal budget! From tax prep to car registration, plan ahead and stick to your budget at last!
My Debt Free Budget Breakdown
Wondering how much you should spend in each budget category? Here is a budget percentage breakdown comparing our real life monthly household budget, Dave Ramsey’s budget percentages, and the spending habits of the typical American. Plus, tips for making your own debt free budget plan.
How to do a Quick Personal Spending Analysis
The very first step for how to budget your money or save money is to find out what your current spending habits are. These budgeting tips will help you setup your budget categories and become your own budget analyst. Find out where all your money’s going, and get on your way to your personal finance goals.
Why I Kissed Costco Goodbye
Shannon here! The post you are about to read is a rare guest post here on GrowingSlower. When Heather from My Overflowing Cup approached me with an article entitled “Why I Kissed Costco Goodbye,” I almost choked on my coffee right before deleting her...
How to Use Sinking Funds for Budget Success
Tired of dipping into your savings or using credit to cover unexpected expenses? Instead, use this technique to get control of your finances and stay on budget at last!
Don’t Cut this Budget Category
I’m kind of an all or nothing kind of girl. I’m guessing that comes from my INTJ-ness (if you’re a fan of Myers Briggs you might know what I mean). When I start a project, I’m all in, which translates pretty well to making a budget, getting out...
6 Reasons your Budget is Failing, and how to fix it
Do you make these big budgeting mistakes? If you find yourself going over budget every month, I can almost guarantee you are. But there’s good news! Each of these budget blunders is VERY easy to fix, and I’ll show you how. Before you know it, you’ll be able to stick to a budget at last!
Where I stand on the envelope system.
The envelope system is great for staying on budget, but what do you do when you still want to responsibly use credit cards or debt cards for some of your expenses? The answer is a digital envelope system, and I’ll show you step by step how to set it up....
Saving with a Purpose
It’s easy to get caught up in tips on the all the money saving tips and trying to DIY absolutely everything, but I never want this mission for a frugal life to turn into misled miserliness. Quite the opposite. Living frugally, like many other aspects of simple...How to Reduce Financial Stress in 2014
When Angela of The Laundry Moms asked me to write an encouraging guest post for moms, I knew just what I would write about. If you’re sick of stressing out over your finances, I hope that this post will be both an encouragement to you as well as a practical...
Amazon Prime: Frugal or Foolish?
Every year during No Spend Month, I like to take some time to reevaluate the bills on what I call the “negotiable categories” of our budget. These would be things like the cost of internet service, insurance, and memberships like Costco and Amazon Prime....Budgeting 101: Dealing with Bills
In the last year, we have found budgeting to be such an eye-opening experience. Despite our best attempts to avoid it, it’s pretty much impossible to get your finances in order and reach long term goals without a budget. Today, Shannon Thomas from Mish Mash Mama...
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