Johnny and I find budgeting to be quite stifling. It’s our money, so we should get to do with it as we please, amiright? When we first started budgeting, sticking to each and every little category made us both feel downright claustrophobic. And so we said To heck with it!…
I had the covers pulled up to my neck, like always. It was pitch black, and I’d just told Johnny “Goodnight!” But then I rolled back over. “Hey Johnny, guess what?” “Hmm?” he replied, sleepily. He’s notorious for taking mere seconds to fall asleep. “Tomorrow starts a new month, which…
And now, we welcome you back to your regularly scheduled programming. At last we are in our new place. And starting to feel settled. ish. For the most part, all went well with the move. But we are exhausted. Luckily, unpacking is about 1000x easier than packing. And I love…
For this post we’re getting back to basics. Today’s topic is one that many of you may already understand. While Johnny and I are fortunate enough to be out of debt, we realize debt is a reality for many. And so we’d like to share one of the tools that…
For this post we’re getting back to basics. Today’s topic is one that many of you may already understand. While Johnny and I are fortunate enough to be out of debt, we realize debt is a reality for many. And so we’d like to share one of the tools that…
For day-to-day expenses, we’ve learned to live peacefully with our freaking budget. For the most part, we get along and stay out of each other’s way. Our relationship has been on auto-pilot for enough time that we’ve got a good feel for each other each month. Sure, we occasionally get tangled up by…
We didn’t stumble on our blog name by chance. After all, it’s pretty long, weird, and includes a quasi-obscenity that was banned in both of our households as kids (sorry moms!). But the reality is there was no other name as fitting for our blog than the darned thing that…
Want to know a big, juicy secret? We’re not rich. Oh, you already knew that? Crap. I’ll let you in on another tidbit of personal info. We’re not poor, either. In fact in our minds, we’re pretty far from it. Whether that’s a statistical fact (compared to median household income)…
Thanks to all of you who participated in our February Giveaway Challenge! We’re happy to announce that the winner was Melissa B. — congrats on your Amazon gift card! Obviously with a blog name like Our Freaking Budget, we’ve got a budget. In fact, here’s what a sample monthly budget…
February is all about of love and relationships. So naturally, this month we’re going to focus on our relationship… with money. More specifically, Johnny and I are going to try to focus on changing our financial mindset in the month of February, and we’d like to invite you to join…