How to Save Money as a Teenager

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Saving money is hard for anyone including teenagers. However, if you build good savings habits now, then it will be much easier to keep saving when you are an adult!

4 Tried and True Ways to Make a Few Extra Bucks

Make a Few Extra Bucks

Want to make a few extra bucks but don’t know where to start? Or have you tried a few ways to make little extra money, but were frustrated with the process or results?  Many of us are looking for ways to make a few extra bucks. A little extra cash can be helpful to help […]

How to Save Money From Your Monthly Salary – A 5-Step Money Plan

Do you want to start saving money but your current lifestyle is eating up your entire salary each month? Maybe you want to build up an emergency fund so that you can relax a bit knowing you can survive a financial hardship or unexpected expense.  Maybe you want to save money for a large expense […]

Tips and Tricks for Eating Out On the Cheap

Do you love eating out but also want to keep your food expenses down?  I feel like I spend a lot of money on food, and I know I could reduce my expenses if I stopped dining out. But that is not something I’m willing to do.  There is something about sitting back and relaxing […]

Create a Savings Plan You Don’t Resent

Who’s excited to save some money? I am!  For the past few years, Mr. Taco and I have chosen a date at the start of the new year to sit down, eat some donuts, and figure out our money plan for the year.  This is the day we decide what savings goals we want to […]

How to Combat the Mental Struggle of Saving Money

The slow process of saving money for a major purchase is excruciating. When we want something, we want it now. And gradually saving up for something can feel like an impossible and never ending task. But unless we have a money tree, a stockpile of cash, are willing to steal from another savings goal, or […]

Stop Overspending With This Simple Budgeting Trick

Do you find yourself falling short of your savings goals or taking on debt because you can’t stop overspending?   Have you tried budgeting but still struggle to control your spending? Changing our spending habits is extremely difficult. When you are used to a certain level of spending, it’s hard to teach yourself to spend less. […]

When to Fight Your Frugal Instinct and Spend the Damn Money

“Does that sign say wine?“ These were my exact words as we walked through our neighborhood one Sunday afternoon. A sign down one of the side streets had caught my eye.  Of course, we had to check it out. I love wine and I’ve said that our neighborhood lacks a good wine shop.  We walked […]

Feeling Guilty After Spending Money? Here’s How to Figure Out Why

Do you feel guilty after spending money? I do. And recently I found this guilty feeling creeping up regularly on our weekly date nights.  On date nights we typically go out to eat or order take-out. And, per the new norm, I felt uneasy about potentially spending money.  I try to tell myself that we […]

How to Save Money Without Sacrificing Your Taco Habit

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Are you struggling to find a balance between saving your money and enjoying your life now?

Maybe you want to save up for a down payment on a house but you’re worried about sacrificing your weekly trip to the taco truck.

The Benefits of Saving Money: 4 Reasons to Start Saving Now

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When someone tells you to “live below your means” does it sound like you’re about to take a trip down the boring road to Frugalville?  If so, I get it. That was me just a few years ago. I thought living below my means meant saving all of my money and giving up going out […]