Comments on: Stop Lying, 5 Ways to Stop Overspending

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:51:08 +0000

Hey Marci, I completely agree. In fact, just yesterday we had to tell ourselves that “we can’t afford it.” We were celebrating our anniversary and found a scarf that my wife really liked. I told her that I would buy it for her for our anniversary. Though we ultimately decided not to get it especially in light of what we were already spending on other anniversary activities.

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Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:28:12 +0000

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By: marci

marci — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:13:14 +0000

Great post! I haven’t forced myself to stay within a budget but I REALLY need to and this will be key to remember when deciding on a purchase – the need vs want. Also, thanks for linking to the ‘We can’t afford it’ article. That quote hit me hard.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:58:10 +0000

Thanks for the comment. My wife and I found that our budget took a lot of tweaking when we began and a lot of those miscellaneous spending items were either then budgeted for and cut out of our spending as we realized how much we were spending on unnecessary items.

By: American Banking News

American Banking News — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:36:40 +0000

One thing I’d recommend about budgeting is starting with a big ‘miscellaneous’ category and slowly decrease it as you start figuring out what you actually spend your money on.

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Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:23:06 +0000

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