There are a few incredible people out there that are born with a knack for frugal living.  The rest of us have to learn tips and tricks the hard way or from Pinterest. 🙂  The Best frugal living tip ever given to me: Put your blinders on Being married does not suddenly qualify you for a massive house, super fancy cars, a large grocery budget, and unlimited vacation funds.  But it feels like it should right??? After all, that's what the neighbors "seem" to have! The best frugal living tip I was ever given as a newlywed was to put my blinders on and go to work.  Roughly translated, that means to not compare your current circumstances to someone else's.  You have no idea if they in their beginning, middle or ... read more

Oh boy... how to budget for groceries. Where to even start? It's a necessary evil so you might as well conquer it like the mom boss you are! Let's do this! How much money to budget for groceries I don't like fluff, so let's just get right to it. Your goal should be to budget $100 dollars per person in your family, per month, on groceries. The exception to this rule is if you live in a major expensive city (think San Francisco, Manhattan or Honolulu) then you should be budgeting closer to $175 per person, per month. $100 dollars, per person, per month. Period. So now your homework is to actually go through your bank statements and see how much you spent on groceries in the last three months. If you haven't been trying to stick to a ... read more