Matt and I went on a road trip recently and as usual, we listened to a financial audiobook. This time, it was “The Millionaire Next Door.” Essentially, it says the people who are most likely millionaires are not those who drive expensive cars or live in the biggest houses, but they just might be your [...]
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Low Budget Grocery Shopping
September 20th, 2010 
Megan As I have mentioned a few times before, the husband and I use an envelope system for groceries and all of our other expenses. At first, it was really hard to stick to $80 a week, but now I find it to be more than enough. It does keep us conscious of what we buy, though. You [...]
Grocery Envelope Update
March 23rd, 2010 Megan In honor of Spring Cleaning, I thought I would tie up the loose ends about our envelope system/grocery budget post. We have been using the Grocery Envelope for about 6 months and I have to say … I love it! [source] I cannot believe I fought the change for so long. It has made me [...]
Family Budgeting with the Envelope System
February 4th, 2010 Megan Finances are not my strong point. I have an aversion to budgeting, I pretty much hate it. However, Matt and I learned that we needed to have our budget in place before we were married. The biggest challenge is our budgeting styles: Matthew is very rigid and a black-and-white thinker, while I am quite the [...]
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Tags: budget, credit cards, envelope system, groceries, grocery shopping 
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