Having a successful garden has kept our grocery budget low throughout the summer. With the produce that we’ve canned, frozen, and dehydrated, we should be eating nice organic fruits and veggies into the winter as well. We are so thankful for our garden. A garden is one of the great benefits of living in my […]
October 2013- Debt Repayment Progress Report
One of my favorite parts of blogging about our journey to become debt-free is our monthly progress reports. My idea of “making personal finance public” holds me accountable. I love tying up loose ends by crunching the numbers, categorizing the purchases, and analyzing where we put our money. Of course, the best part is to […]
Homemade Yogurt in the Crock Pot
Several years ago, my friend taught a class on making yogurt and cheese. Along with over a dozen women from church, I sat in amazement as she showed us how easy it is to make yogurt. You don’t need a fancy, retro yogurt maker with individual serving cups. In fact, one of the great things […]
Homemade Whole Wheat Pancake Mix
Breakfasts at the SixFiguresUnder household have not been the same since we decided to get serious about paying off our student loan debt. We love cold cereal and used to eat it regularly. Though my max price was just $1.50 a box, it adds up fast when you have big eaters. Our three little ones […]
6 Ways to Get Kids’ Clothes for Free or Cheap
Even before you have children (or are pregnant), the temptation to buy adorable children’s clothes may begin. Quickly growing children, changing of seasons, and new trends may continue to feed the addiction of kids clothes shopping. You could break the bank buying clothes for your little ones. The sooner you learn to get clothes for […]
Cold Cereal Sundays
I love cold cereal. I have been known to eat it for any meal of the day, especially when I’m pregnant. When we lived in town, I was great at combining coupons, sales, and manufacturer deals to get bargain prices on cereal. I rarely paid more than a dollar for a box of cereal. Now […]
September 2013 Debt Repayment Progress Report
It’s time for a monthly check-up to account for how we are doing on our big fat goal. In order to pay off our remaining debt by the end of 2016, we will need to put just over $3,000 per month toward our student loans. We know that this is an audacious goal, considering that […]
4 Expenses We Don’t Cut Out, Even in a Bare Bones Budget
To minimize spending and put more of our hard-earned money toward debt, we go without some luxuries (or even things that are just plain normal for others). Some of these things may even be considered extreme. Most of them keep our life simpler and less cluttered and make us happier anyway. In all of […]
How Juggling Car Seats Saves Us over $100 a Year
We have two cars: my husband’s car that gets 30 miles per gallon and my minivan that gets 20 miles per gallon. Our kids’ three car seats live in the van most of the time, but to save money we move them into the car on Saturday nights in preparation for Sunday morning when we […]
Stretching Ground Beef with Vegetables– Frugal, Healthy, and Convenient
It’s no secret that meat is expensive. If you are trying to get out of debt or have a tight budget, buying less meat is a great way to cut kitchen costs. By hiding fresh vegetables in your ground beef, you not only make each pound of expensive meat go further, you sneak in […]
