Comments for Frugal Wife http://www.frugalwife.net Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:25:43 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Project Get It Done: Days 13 to 19 by Char http://www.frugalwife.net/2009/02/project-get-it-done-days-13-to-19/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Char Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:25:43 +0000 http://frugalwife.net/?p=96#comment-12 Have you tried Fly Lady? I have friends that swear by her, and I am thinking about jumping on the band wagon. Apparently you sign up at www.flylady.com and she sends you e-mails on things you should do around the house to get things done. We should discuss this weekend! Have you tried Fly Lady? I have friends that swear by her, and I am thinking about jumping on the band wagon. Apparently you sign up at http://www.flylady.com and she sends you e-mails on things you should do around the house to get things done. We should discuss this weekend!

]]> Comment on Project Get It Done: Day 1 by Doki http://www.frugalwife.net/2009/01/project-get-it-done-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Doki Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:25:08 +0000 http://frugalwife.net/?p=58#comment-8 I dig the blinds. Let me know what you find in that sock drawer. I dig the blinds. Let me know what you find in that sock drawer.

]]> Comment on I control the bills; bills don't control me! by My Budget Evolution: Keeping Track « Frugal Wife http://www.frugalwife.net/2009/01/bills-dont-control-me/comment-page-1/#comment-4 My Budget Evolution: Keeping Track « Frugal Wife Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:09:08 +0000 http://frugalwife.net/?p=24#comment-4 [...] money that couldn’t be touched for specific things. I described this a little bit in my post about not letting the bills control me. When I was 16 and got my first job, I would do this so I would have enough saved up for my car [...] [...] money that couldn’t be touched for specific things. I described this a little bit in my post about not letting the bills control me. When I was 16 and got my first job, I would do this so I would have enough saved up for my car [...]

]]> Comment on I control the bills; bills don't control me! by frugalwife http://www.frugalwife.net/2009/01/bills-dont-control-me/comment-page-1/#comment-3 frugalwife Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:11:27 +0000 http://frugalwife.net/?p=24#comment-3 I think my personality (and the hubby's too) is such that if we didn't have a way to quickly generate a report to tell us where our spending is going, we'd go slowly insane. (For heaven sake, when we were searching for an apartment we made a spreadsheet with all the pros and cons to help us make our decision.) For us, doing the envelope thing is more about visuals than anything else. We didn't start it as a way to not spend money. Not spending money is just my personality. Mostly because it's in hubby's personality to spend it if it's there and not ear marked for something else. If anything, I now get to buy more stuff than before because we see exactly where we have the money available to spend and don't spend it on the 'wrong' thing. I get my new kitchen gadgets and get to tell him 'no' to the latest video game because we've got money in the kitchen fund and not the video game one. The envelope system isn't for everyone and takes a little bit of getting used to. In fact, that may make a good post for next week... I think my personality (and the hubby’s too) is such that if we didn’t have a way to quickly generate a report to tell us where our spending is going, we’d go slowly insane. (For heaven sake, when we were searching for an apartment we made a spreadsheet with all the pros and cons to help us make our decision.) For us, doing the envelope thing is more about visuals than anything else.

We didn’t start it as a way to not spend money. Not spending money is just my personality. Mostly because it’s in hubby’s personality to spend it if it’s there and not ear marked for something else. If anything, I now get to buy more stuff than before because we see exactly where we have the money available to spend and don’t spend it on the ‘wrong’ thing. I get my new kitchen gadgets and get to tell him ‘no’ to the latest video game because we’ve got money in the kitchen fund and not the video game one.

The envelope system isn’t for everyone and takes a little bit of getting used to. In fact, that may make a good post for next week…

]]> Comment on I control the bills; bills don't control me! by Char http://www.frugalwife.net/2009/01/bills-dont-control-me/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Char Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:15:20 +0000 http://frugalwife.net/?p=24#comment-2 Can you come do my bills too? :) I hate doing them, and even though we "should" do an envelope system I just can't bring myself to do it...I like spending money way too much! It's an illness....really it is. Can you come do my bills too? :) I hate doing them, and even though we “should” do an envelope system I just can’t bring myself to do it…I like spending money way too much! It’s an illness….really it is.

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