We all know how it feels to get sticker shock when we open up our electric bill! With all of our electronics constantly needing to be charged, extreme temps during the summer and winter months (depending on your location), and feeling like your kids are always leaving all the lights on, your electric bill can…
If you’re new-ish to the world of budgeting, you might have heard this strange term sinking fund before and wondered what it means. Nope, it’s not a new type of investment; instead, it’s an incredibly helpful budgeting tool you should definitely be using! Technically (according to Google dictionary, anyway), a sinking fund is a…
I’m excited to have Elizabeth here to help us figure out how to save boatloads of money in the upcoming year. It can be tough to save especially when you feel you have no money left at the end of the month. Hey, y’all! I’m so excited to be writing on Cents + Purpose! Thanks…
I don’t know about you but I hate grocery shopping. It’s the bane of my existence…(ok, that was dramatic), and meal planning? Ugh, it’s the worst…so I bet you’re thinking that monthly meal planning must be plain torture? Hear me out. After food shopping every single week and buying virtually the same foods (yawn) for…
I want to congratulate you on deciding to give budgeting another shot because it truly is the key to financial freedom. I don’t want you to get frustrated if the first month doesn’t go exactly as planned; it takes some time to really find your budgeting groove. Be gentle with yourself, and be sure to…
Can you believe it is almost that time already? I think I’m in denial. I do not want to go back-to-school shopping. Doesn’t that officially mark the end of summer? When the stores began stocking back-to-school supplies, I swore on all that was holy that I would NOT purchase one marker, backpack, or pencil case…
