Purchases that Cross the “Sleeper Lines”


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Spend Between the Lines

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…

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All Wrapped Up — March 2


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Somehow it’s already March! At the beginning of February we introduced a giveaway challenge. So now it’s time to ask, How did you fare? Were you able to cut down on one category of your budget this month? Johnny and I focused on getting our electric bill down from $63…

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Real Costs of City Living: Boston


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In this series, we discuss the cost of big city living with little budget spending from our own experiences in New York, Boston, and LA. After living in New York City for a couple years, Johnny and I took the leap to another big city: Boston. We thought we had…

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How We Made Money Off Our Baby


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We’ve learned a lot since having a baby. We tried to prepare financially, but some stuff you can’t really learn until you’re in the thick of it. Johnny and I have written about how we got lucky and had a $0 baby at the hospital. Woo! When we were first…

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