The fifth month of my no spend year challenge is finished! This was a harrowing month, but despite that I did a pretty awesome job of not spending a lot of money. I had a few minor hiccups, and one giant (but absolutely necessary!) splurge. Read on to see how my no spend May …
Welcome to our no spend April update! Or, as I like to call it, spend all the money April! This is the fourth month of our No Spend Year Challenge, and it was an epic failure. Like over five thousand dollars of failure. Let’s see where we went wrong. No Spend April We started the …
Hey folks! Transparency Disclosure- Some of the links in this article are affiliate links. That means I’ll receive a small commission if you decide to click on it and buy something. Don’t worry, it doesn’t cost you anything extra! We made it through the third month of our no spend year! We are doing a …
Not spending money is hard! There are so many amazing things all around us just begging for some of our hard earned cash. Temptation is everywhere! But don’t worry – follow these guidelines and learn how to stop spending all your money! How to Stop Spending All Your Money Know Yourself Yes, knowing yourself is …
We made it through month two of our no spend year! I think we did much better during our no spend February than we did in January, but we aren’t at a solid win yet. Let’s see how we did! No Spend February We spent way less in our no spend February than we …
Real Money Saving Tips for Everyone I’ve read tons personal finance articles, many of which promise easy tips on how to save money every month. The problem is, most of these so called “tips” aren’t very easy or convenient. For example, one of the most widely touted money saving tips is to downgrade your cell …
Wow, I had no idea that so many people would be interested in the idea of a no spend year! Because the post garnered so much interest (even a Rockstar Finance Feature!), I decided to write monthly updates to let you know how we are doing. Here’s what our no spend January looked like! No …
Yep, you read that right. Partner’s in Fire is doing a No Spend Year! Ok, so maybe the catchy headline is a tad bit misleading. Maybe we should call it a “No Frivolous Spend Year”. That doesn’t sound nearly as exciting though, does it? What a No Spend Year means to us The main point …
Everyone has to eat right? We all need to make our weekly pilgrimage to the grocery store to buy food. And have you noticed that it’s getting more and more expensive? A few years ago, I could easily get by on sixty bucks a week, which is quite a rarity now a days! Even so, …
I may have too many bank accounts. Are you familiar with the envelope method? You know, that budgeting method where you put all your cash in separate envelopes for each need? Well I might do that with bank accounts. I have a bit of a collection. How many bank accounts do I have? I have …
