Love and money. The perfect combination for everything and anything to go wrong. And trust me when I tell you that my hubs and I have had our fair share of money fights. I’m the saver and he’s the spender. He grew up poor and I made myself nearly bankrupt by the time I was 21.
We have different outlooks on how money is supposed to work to say the least but through the years of our marriage, we’ve had to learn the hard way on how to make money work for us and with us in our marriage instead of against us. If you need a little help making money work in your marriage, I hope these posts can help you! As always, you can contact me with any specific questions you may have and I’m happy to try to answer them in a post!
BUDGETING
The Beginner’s Guide to Budgeting
How We’re Controlling My Husband’s Spending
3 Steps to Creating Financial Goals
How to Save for Your Child’s College Education
How to Stick to an All Cash Grocery Budget
How to Prepare for Death. Making Your Death Easy on Your Loved Ones
How Couples can Clearly Define their Roles with Budgeting
Save Your Marriage: Put Personal Funds in Your Budget
FIGHTING ABOUT MONEY
How to Fix Money Problems in Marriage
The Notorious Money Fight & Resolving Money Issues
Should I Help Someone Financially?
Is an Emergency Fund Necessary?
How to Have a Great Marriage. My Favorite Marriage Habits
Marriage & Money – Finding Balance
Help! I Married a Spender
DEBT-FREE
Our $500 Wedding
How We Paid Off $5,000 of Debt in One Month
Dumping Debt – One Year Later
How to Take a Debt-Free Vacation
How to Convince a Reluctant Spouse to Pay off Debt
What the Happiest People Have that You Don’t Have
4 Steps to Becoming Debt-Free
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I love writing about my family's journey towards financial freedom and about ways to optimize your life, save money, and live well! Here are a few more ways you can save money:
- Cook at home. During our debt-free journey we NEVER went out to eat because we honestly couldn't afford it, and now, even though we could afford it, we still don't go out to eat that often. But I'll be honest, meal planning was such a struggle for me during that time, but it totally saved our budget when I did it effectively! I ended up using a meal planning service for about two years which helped me not only meal plan better, but also helped me to create wholesome, healthy, and delicious meals for my whole family! You can see all the details and try different meal plans based on your preferences here .
- Earn gift cards. A simple way to earn a little extra money from home by using the Swagbucks site instead of Google for searching. I actually still do this to earn Home Depot gift cards for all our home projects. You can also do surveys and a few other things to earn points, which you redeem to purchase gift cards from them. Swagbucks is what we used to earn Amazon gift cards to help pay for Christmas or cash through PayPal to help pay off our debt faster. You can sign up for Swagbucks here.
- Switch Cell Phone Providers. One of the best things we did on the debt-free journey was to switch from our super expensive $150+ a month cell phone bill to a much more affordable plan! In fact, my cell phone bill is only $30 a month (my husband's plan is paid by his business)! Check out Mint Mobile here to see if you can save your family some money!
- Create a budget. It took us a while to figure out a budget that works well for our family, but the two things that we have used over the years and still do (and still love) are my Budget Binder and Personal Capital (online budgeting software). You can see my Budget Binder tutorial here and check out Personal Capital here.
