Saving Money for a Down Payment

My husband and I are in the midst of attempting to save $40,000 over the next ten months, as we prepare to move back to my hometown and buy a house there. We are committed to putting down at least 20% on our next mortgage; we are also committed to buying a...

Who Is Your Budget Role Model?

Now that my family and I have been living under our new monthly budget for a few weeks now, we’re starting to get in the swing of things. I’ve got Mint.com sending me all the text and email alerts I can handle (I could probably change my account settings...

Budget Overload: When You Succeed at Budgeting

For the past few weeks, I’ve been taking you through my family’s process of reestablishing a monthly budget. When my husband and I sat down and calculated the numbers, we realized we’d done a pretty good job of living below our means. In fact, when...

My Family’s New Monthly Budget

I’ve kicked of 2013 by getting back to the basics of personal finance: reestablishing a monthly budget for my family. Over the past few weeks, I’ve explained how our old family budget got lost in the shuffle and how we recently started using Mint.com to...