Lists and Budgets...

Yesterday I got in the mood for making lists.  Everything from what needed to be done for Youth, to thank you notes I needed to write to Christmas presents I needed to buy/make.

Then came evening and time to sit down and do the finances with the hubs (we are now finally learning to allocate every dollar BEFORE we get paid, so we don't spend it the minute it hits the bank).  All our monthly expenses look good and then I pulled out my list.  Once the list was complete and money allocated to my listed items--Robert says, "Well we did have money till you made a list."  Sorry sweetie.

I was catching up on some blog reading this evening (thank you Google Reader) and was reading the Simple Mom's Plan for a peaceful Christmas.  I will say I wish we saved all year round for Christmas--maybe that's something we can start with the new year, but for this year we just gotta roll with it.

What about you?  What do you do?  Do you save all year?  How about budget's?  Have any tips?  Hubs took me to see Dave Ramsey Live for my birthday.  I've been trying to get us on the Dave plan for quite some time and we were to some extent, but not all the way.  Now thanks to that day together--we're both on board and have finally put into place a zero budget.  Just the word "zero" freaks Robert out, but so far it's really working for us!  (Can you tell that's Dave in the picture?)

All this rambling to say, I think you should check out this post by the Simple Mom.  And I'd love to hear any budgeting tips you have in place!

And Christmas shopping...have you started yet?  Do you hit the malls, online, handmade (by others or you)?  What's your goal for this year?

On that note I did do some slashing to little etsy yesterday.  Marked down some prices, marked down shipping and even added international shipping!  Now that's exciting!

Looking forward to hearing all of your ramblings---now that I've shared mine.  Now...off to the sewing machine.

**This is Day 9 of NaBloPoMo**

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Kristin McLendon: Lists and Budgets...

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Lists and Budgets...

Yesterday I got in the mood for making lists.  Everything from what needed to be done for Youth, to thank you notes I needed to write to Christmas presents I needed to buy/make.

Then came evening and time to sit down and do the finances with the hubs (we are now finally learning to allocate every dollar BEFORE we get paid, so we don't spend it the minute it hits the bank).  All our monthly expenses look good and then I pulled out my list.  Once the list was complete and money allocated to my listed items--Robert says, "Well we did have money till you made a list."  Sorry sweetie.

I was catching up on some blog reading this evening (thank you Google Reader) and was reading the Simple Mom's Plan for a peaceful Christmas.  I will say I wish we saved all year round for Christmas--maybe that's something we can start with the new year, but for this year we just gotta roll with it.

What about you?  What do you do?  Do you save all year?  How about budget's?  Have any tips?  Hubs took me to see Dave Ramsey Live for my birthday.  I've been trying to get us on the Dave plan for quite some time and we were to some extent, but not all the way.  Now thanks to that day together--we're both on board and have finally put into place a zero budget.  Just the word "zero" freaks Robert out, but so far it's really working for us!  (Can you tell that's Dave in the picture?)

All this rambling to say, I think you should check out this post by the Simple Mom.  And I'd love to hear any budgeting tips you have in place!

And Christmas shopping...have you started yet?  Do you hit the malls, online, handmade (by others or you)?  What's your goal for this year?

On that note I did do some slashing to little etsy yesterday.  Marked down some prices, marked down shipping and even added international shipping!  Now that's exciting!

Looking forward to hearing all of your ramblings---now that I've shared mine.  Now...off to the sewing machine.

**This is Day 9 of NaBloPoMo**

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1 Comments:

At November 9, 2010 at 10:02 PM , Blogger Lisa Elaine said...

We don't follow everything Dave Ramsey, but we did start using the envelope system for those expenses that can vary month to month- entertainment, personal items, food, travel, and baby! This has worked great because we can see how much we have left in each envelope and compensate by taking out of another if we need to. Some envelopes (like travel) we let build from month to month so we have money for when we need it. One envelope is labeled 'gifts' and that's what we will be using for Christmas- it's been building for a while except when we have weddings and showers, but there still isn't as much in there as I'd like! The other stuff, like bills, go on our credit card which we earn cash back for and always pay off in full. This system has worked well for us, allowing us to build credit and earn cash back (I know Dave wouldn't agree) without going into credit card debt and using the envelopes to save for specific categories of expenses.

 

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