We made it to another Friday. Some weeks, that’s a real success. Am I right?
Our last baseball player ended his tournament this week. So we have wrapped up yet another ball season. And just in time to get our 4-H critters to our county fair!
Life as mom isn’t boring, that’s the truth.
It’s a whole new week around here! Happy Frugal Friday. I hope you’ve had some successes in your spending (or more importantly, your saving!) this week.
Last week I had to admit that we’d had a rough, expensive week. We gradually fell off the wagon throughout June, and by last week I didn’t have much to celebrate in the way of savings.
The good news is that we recognized what was going on, and were able to make changes to get back on track with our #yearofno. We spent this week making sure we weren’t wasting hard earned money that had a job to do.
It’s Friday! That’s supposed to mean another edition of the 5 Ways We’ve Saved Money This Week series.
So all week I’ve been racking my brain, trying to think up any ways that we saved money this week. But the fact is that we didn’t. We totally fell off of the wagon.
We’re now halfway through our #yearofno. It’s probably natural that we’d have a rough time sticking to the plan at this point. We’ve been so good for most of the year. But old habits die hard!
Just because those old habits have reared their ugly heads doesn’t mean that we are giving up. I might need to reread my own advice about motivation, but I promise that we’ll be back to our saving ways next week. We’ve worked too hard to give it up now!
Did you happen to notice that this is week number 40 in the 5 Ways We’ve Saved Money This Week series?? I’m so excited to have reached another milestone!
I wasn’t sure how long I would be able to keep up with this series when I first began writing it. Each week I find it a challenge to come up with another 5 ways we’ve saved without being too repetitive. But the challenge is good for me, especially in our #yearofno.
Happy Friday! It’s time to recap the week and talk about our frugal wins.
I’ll admit, we had a bit of an expensive week. Three of our kids went to camp (which added up to a pretty tidy sum of money). But we had decided that these camp experiences were important and worth the investment. So it wasn’t money wasted, but carefully spent.
It’s been another big week on the blog. I launched the Identify and Destroy Your Budget Busters challenge. If you’d like access to this totally free challenge and Facebook support group, you can learn more here.
Our family is really enjoying a lazy summer so far. The kids have played at home and had buddies over for entertainment. I’m loving the laid back schedule!
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