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December 2016 One Income Family Budget Update

The last month of the year! How has your budget been this year? Did you finish where you wanted?

I would say that my hubby and I are happy with where we ended the year. We don’t have exactly the amount of savings we were hoping for, but if you check out November’s One Income Family Budget Update you will know that we made a decision (on purpose) that we knew would leave our budget where it currently sits.

We are totally okay with that!

And let’s not forget about how our family finished paying off over $20,000 of debt this year! We put in a lot of hard work to become debt free! Lot’s of overtime worked by hubby, strategic budgeting and meal planning, and careful cash spending.

A simple one income family budget helped to save over $5,000 in only two months! Learn how this family has been able to save money for a house, in an expensive city, on just one income. It’s not complicated at all! Here are the exact numbers from our family bank account! Continue Reading →

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November 2016 One Income Family Budget Update

Figuring out a family budget can be super challenging, especially if you are just getting started.

The hardest part for our family when we were just getting started was learning that we need to continually be adjusting our budget to make it fit with our changing life.

This month our family budget is the perfect example of that. We made a few temporary changes based off of what we currently value the most.

Tell your money where you want it to go with this FREE family budget worksheet printable AND FREE digital excel spreadsheet download. Take a look at the real life finances of a one income family budget to help you fine-tune your own family’s budget! Continue Reading →

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Our One Income Budget Update September 2016

We used to be those people who say things like, “Yeah! I think we can afford that.” Then spend the money without another thought. Four days before payday, we would get the dreaded notice of Overdraft & Fees!!

This literally was happening to us more than once a month! Things are quite a bit different now!

What did we change? Well, it’s not complicated at all. It’s called a B-U-D-G-E-T. Don’t freak out! (I feel like I say this a lot! Haha!!)

Living on one income can be tricky, especially when you live in an expensive city. If you want realistic tips on how to live on one income, THIS IS IT! Here are our budget’s REAL NUMBERS for our one income family of 5, living in one of the most expensive cities in the country. Continue Reading →

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Our One Income Family Budget Update | June 2016

What in the world happened to our family budget updates? Remember I used to be sharing these things every month? Yeah, sorry about that!

The complete honest truth is that I just forgot. Going forward, I don’t plan to share these every single month, but you are more likely to see a scenario of me sharing maybe every other month. Unless something important comes along, then I will share more frequent.

I'll show you how we make our one income family budget work to help you find ways to start budgeting on one income! Motivation to start living on one income. Tips we learned when we had a major financial set back with our family income and family budget.
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Real Life Family Finance Report – Month 2

I realize it is now the middle of December and I am just barely getting this out to you. Sorry about that! But, it is important to me to do this for two reasons.

One, keep myself accountable for staying on track with our budget and goal of preparing to buy a house in two years. The second reason is to help motivate you to live on a budget so your life isn’t consumed with financial stress! Doesn’t that sound nice?

Family Savings Plan Update November 2015 - penniesintopearls.com - Real life family savings plan. Learn from our successes and mistakes. Learn tips and tricks to starting your own family savings plan. Continue Reading →

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Family Savings Plan Update November 2015

Have you read about our family’s plan to buy a house in two years? We are really excited about our future and want to share everything we learn with you!

There are so many things that need to be done before we are ready. Two of the main items of business are 1. Paying off our debt and 2. Saving for a down payment.

In order to accomplish those goals we are going to need and be super creative on ways to live frugal and fabulous! My hope is that by sharing our family savings plan successes and failures, you can learn from our experience, which will make the process a lot more smooth and easier for you!

Family Savings Plan Update November 2015 - penniesintopearls.com - Real life family savings plan. Learn from our successes and mistakes. Learn tips and tricks to starting your own family savings plan. Continue Reading →

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Our Plan to Buy A House in Two Years

Our family has made a major commitment this month! It is time for us to buckle down. We have set goals in the past, but nothing ever as big as the goal we are making today!

Goal: Buy a house in two years!
October 5th, 2015. Mark this day as the first day in our journey to buying our very first home! Does that get you excited as much as it get’s us excited?

You can do it too! Have you been wanting to buy your first home but haven’t felt like you could do it! I know you can! Let’s do it together!

Saving to buy a house - penniesintopearls.com - Our real life plan to buy a house. Our journey of saving money, budgeting our booties off, follow along as we get ready to buy a house in just two short years! Continue Reading →

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