budget

Teaching Your Kids How to Budget This Summer

2016-11-22T21:57:28-05:00June 8th, 2015|budget, Budgeting, Kids|

Summer is a great time to start teaching your kids how to budget by working with them on developing their budgeting and saving skills. They will likely have more time to learn how to write and stick to a budget, and they may be starting their first job. Also, it's a great way to help them practice [...]

How Do I Budget for Vacations?

2016-11-22T21:57:28-05:00May 20th, 2015|Blog, budget, Budgeting, vacation|

Summer is around the corner, and many of us are planning some vacations to enjoy time with friends or family. Hopefully you have asked how do I budget for vacations and are prepared. As you make reservations and prepare summer budgets, take time to review your monthly budget. How much money have you set aside [...]

Budgeting App Review: Mint.com

2018-06-28T15:21:01-04:00April 7th, 2015|Blog, budget, Budgeting, fuel, Mint.com, vacation|

Budgeting can be a tedious process, especially when you are hard-pressed to find time to enter your expenditures at the end of each week or month. Even then, if you wait too long, you might overspend without realizing it. I was having this issue while using an excel spreadsheet for budgeting. Because I had to manually [...]