http://workathomehomeschoolingmom.com/2009/10/drowning-in-debt/ Balancing Life as a work-at-home, homeschooling mom Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:45:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://workathomehomeschoolingmom.com/2009/10/drowning-in-debt/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Frazzled Mom Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:06:08 +0000 http://workathomehomeschoolingmom.com/?p=492#comment-197 We use the cash envelope system. All of our spending money goes in cash envelopes labeled with each category. Once it is gone, we stop spending. Handing over actual cash and not swiping a card makes you aware of how much you actually spend. We use coupons and shop for bargains. I think it is rubbing off on my boys. My son used a coupon for new items and reused some items when building a new gate for our fence. My husband gave him an allowance of money to build the gate. He told him whatever was left over, he could keep for himself. It was so fun to see how much money he actually saved. We use the cash envelope system. All of our spending money goes in cash envelopes labeled with each category. Once it is gone, we stop spending. Handing over actual cash and not swiping a card makes you aware of how much you actually spend. We use coupons and shop for bargains. I think it is rubbing off on my boys. My son used a coupon for new items and reused some items when building a new gate for our fence. My husband gave him an allowance of money to build the gate. He told him whatever was left over, he could keep for himself. It was so fun to see how much money he actually saved.

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