Knowing where your money goes each month is key to staying organized and on top of your budget! There are apps that you can use to track your budget, but I like using the pen and paper method. It makes me feel more connected to how much money I actually have to work with. That’s why I use a budget binder to track my expenses, my debt snowball, payment due dates, my meal plan, and other financial forms. You could buy an already made up budget binder, but there are so many different ways to set up budgeting printables. You… [Read More]
10 Things You’re Forgetting to Budget For
Budgeting isn’t easy. Because everyone’s income and expenses are different, it’s impossible to find a one-size fits all budgeting guide for your family’s budget. Which means you may wind up leaving some important things out of your budget! To help keep you from skipping anything important, here are 10 Things You’re Forgetting to Budget For! Forgetting to budget for things can really mess up your family’s budget! The small things will add up, and forgetting to budget for bigger things can very negatively affect your finances! So before calling your budget done, make sure you’re not leaving any of these… [Read More]
10 Budget Binder Pinterest Ideas & A Freebie
Creating a budget is critical to keeping track of your money, staying within your budget and paying off any debt. But a budget can be hard to plan and set up if you don’t have experience with making one. This is where a budget binder comes in handy! You can try to put together your own budget binder, but you can save a lot of time and effort by using a pre-made one. Luckily, there are many free and paid budget binders available online. To find them, I did an extensive search through Pinterest. As a result, I’m sharing the… [Read More]
Frugal Living Blog Posts You May Have Missed
As the year winds down, it’s time to start thinking about what you want to accomplish this year (although anytime is a good time for that). I know many of you will be like my family and setting some new financial goals. I will be focusing more on money management and overall frugal living this year (the reason behind that is something I’ll share in a later post). But in the mean time, check out these frugal living posts that are on this blog already that you may find useful. Maybe you missed one! Frugal Living Posts Here are some of… [Read More]
Free Printable {Toile} Monthly Budget Worksheet
Most of us struggle with money. Either we don’t have enough of it for various reasons or we would have enough if we were better managers. Tracking your expenses is part of being a good manager of your families finances. I made a Budget Binder in an effort to be a better manger of our finances and there are things that are working for me and some things that aren’t. It’s always good to re-evaluate systems since things do change. One thing that didn’t work for me was the monthly budget worksheets I had been using so I made a… [Read More]
Making A Budget Binder & A List of Free Printable Financial Planning Pages
This is my summer of organization! I know most of you are thinking summer is the time to relax and take it easy. I plan on doing that! But I also think summer is a good time to do a little organizing since I do have more free time and I will have more hands available to help me did do some projects. So my first project was to re-organize our budget (you’ll find out why as you read on) and I made a household budget binder! I also have a list of free printable financial planning pages at the end… [Read More]
