Holidays are a wonderful time to spend with the people you love. They are also a time filled with traditions and expectations. I love celebrating my favourite traditions every year and creating new traditions for our family (that’s why I opted for Bilbo, the Engagement Cat instead of a diamond). Traditionally we would travel on […] More
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
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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
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 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
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