In January we decided to stop eating out and our grocery bill ski-rocketed as we transitioned off fast food. Our usual budget for groceries for our family of three is $303/month (that’s $70/week). Because of our overspending in January, we’d be grocery shopping on a budget of $214 in February. We decided our best course […] More
I was pleasantly surprised when I logged into Etsy on the weekend and noticed that I had a pile of free listings. After a minute I realized that it meant that a few of you have found my referral links down at the bottom of my page and used them to start your own store! […] More
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Back in the fall, we realized that we weren’t as energy efficient as I thought we were and made big some big changes to drop our usage. We ended up dropping our energy usage by over 70% that first month from the year before. Pretty exciting stuff. But we weren’t finished yet. Brimming with confidence, […] More
So I’ve been telling you all about how you should set a budget and track every penny. But, do WE actually do it? Well, ya, we do. That’s not to say that we’re always under budget. How much of a challenge would that be? But we do live on a budget and track our spending […] More
So I’ve been telling you all about how you should set a budget and track every penny. But, do WE actually do it? Well, ya, we do. That’s not to say that we’re always under budget. How much of a challenge would that be? But we do live with our budget and track our spending […] More
Last week Chonce from My Debt Epiphany nominated me for the Liebster Award. It’s Simple Cheap Mom’s first award and I’m so honored to have received the nod from such a great blog! The Liebster Award is very popular in the blogging community and while I’ve heard of it before, I never really had a […] More
I wanted to share a story I read this week on Dividend Mantra that stuck in my head. Dividend Mantra was given the opportunity to speak at 2015 Chautauqua. It’s a personal finance getaway down in the Equator with speakers like Mr. Money Mustache and James Collins. This is an amazing offer. What’s even more […] More
At the beginning of January, I shared our annual no eating out challenge here on Simple Cheap Mom. In the fall we tend to slip into bad habits and eat out or get take out much more than we’d like. So, in January we stop getting take out, going to restaurants, picking up expensive lattes, […] More
Back in December, we decided to use GNUCash to track our finances. It’s a free open source program and you can see how we decided to use GNUCash here. As part of the MoneyStepper Savings Challenge, we’ve committed to calculating our monthly net worth increases and savings rates using a special worksheet. The results for […] More
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Free places for kids to play indoors Keeping kids entertained can be tough when the weather keeps you inside. Today is Family Day in Ontario, so we’re enjoying Daddy having the day off. The temperature is going up to a high of -23C with the wind chill, so even though I’d like to go sledding, […] More
Last week Chonce from My Debt Epiphany nominated me for the Liebster Award. It’s Simple Cheap Mom’s first award and I’m so honoured to have received the nod from such a great blog! The Liebster Award is very popular in the blogging community and while I’ve heard of it before, I never really had a clear understanding […] More
I’m an unabashed fan of budgeting, tracking your spending, cutting unnecessary costs, and focusing on spending your money on how you actually want. (Exhibit 1: Our Family Budget. Exhibit 2: My Money Rules) I love finding new ways to make our money stretch further so we can reach the financial goals that motivate us. I […] More
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