Reviewing Our 2019 Spending
A detailed look at everything we spent in 2019 and how that spending compared to the previous year. Highlighting our wins and areas of improvement for the upcoming year.
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Reviewing Our 2018 Spending
A detailed look at everything we spent in 2018 and how that spending compared to the previous year. Highlighting our wins and areas of improvement for the upcoming year.
Reviewing Our 2017 Spending
A detailed look at everything we spent in 2017 and how that spending compared to 2016. Highlighting our wins and areas of improvement for the upcoming year.
Top 10 Posts of 2017
Looking back at the top 10 posts for Spills Spot during 2017. These posts cover topics such as budgeting, debt, travel, investing, and productivity.
Why Cooking is An Essential Skill for Saving Money
Why cooking is one of the best skills to learn and practice for saving money on food costs. Buying groceries and cooking your meals at home is key to reducing your food expenses.
Avoiding Monthly Payments & Subscriptions
Avoid subscriptions and monthly payments whenever possible. We keep our budget simple by cutting back on the number of bills we pay each month.
Reducing Big Expenses vs Small Expenses
Is it better to focus on cutting back on the big expenses or small expenses in your budget? Why your mindset towards spending money is the key.
Explaining Our Decision to Finally Cut Cable
Explaining our decision to finally cut cable TV. With so many streaming options available, we negotiated our bill to cut the cord and obtain a cheaper rate.
4 Financial Lessons You Can Learn From Having Debt
Read about the lessons to be learned after having debt and paying if off, to ensure that you remain debt free.
A Detailed Cost Breakdown of Our New York Vacation
Here's an in depth look at the costs of our recent trip to New York...
New Simple Experiment for Tracking Grocery Expenses
A new experiment I'm testing out for tracking our grocery expenses. Will it end up being a waste of time or a worthwhile tactic?
How We’ve Paid Off More Than Half Our $27,000 of Student Loan Debt in 10 Months
Read about the biggest keys to how we've been able to pay down our $27,000 of student loan debt down to $12,000 in 10 months!
How Planning Ahead Can Save Money
Our culture is so focused on having everything immediately. On the one hand, convenience is increased and time is saved. On the other hand, its costing us all a lot of extra money. Simply planning ahead before making purchases can avoid a lot of wasted money...
9 Easy Ways to Lower Food Costs
Eating on a budget can seem daunting at first, but it doesn't need to be so difficult. Read about 9 easy ways to lower your food costs...
Don’t Be Insane, Challenge Everything
Get out of the mindset of what's "easiest" or "most comfortable" and instead, challenge everything in your budget...
How to Determine if You’re Financially Stable
Read about a variety of ways you can give yourself a "financial checkup," to see if you're financially stable...
How I Utilize Mint for Our Monthly Budget
An inside look at how I use Mint for our monthly budgeting and how you can too with minimal effort. Most people will concede that they should know where their money is going, so why don't more people budget their expenses? This post can help tear down the hurdles that people encounter during the initial set-up...
Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness – But Here’s What Can
You’ve all heard the mantra “money doesn’t buy happiness.” While cliche, the sentiment behind it is completely true, but it’s also extremely simplistic.
It requires diving in deeper to the root issue. Isn’t having more money better than being broke? Sure, of course it is. The reality is, simply making more and more money is not going to increase our happiness levels. Often times, it’s the exact opposite...
No More FOMO – Frugal Living Doesn’t Mean You’re Missing Out
Every day we’re bombarded with messages of how we’re missing out on something better. This fear of missing out is often wrongly linked to frugality, as people spend their money frivolously to overcompensate. Spending more money doesn’t buy more happiness, and choosing to live a frugal lifestyle doesn't mean you’re missing out on what life has to offer.
10 Ways Budgeting is Similar to Dieting
We're officially over a month into the new year! Two of the most common New Year’s resolutions that are made each year are saving more money and losing weight. At first glance these two goals seem to be completely unrelated, but after taking a closer look it becomes apparent that the steps to achieving them go hand in hand. Here are the reasons why budgeting and dieting are very similar...
