http://www.msmoneysavvy.com/2009/01/26/budgeting/ Leading the Way to Financial Independence Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:43:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.msmoneysavvy.com/2009/01/26/budgeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3870 Ms. MoneyChat Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:36:56 +0000 http://www.msmoneysavvy.com/?p=223#comment-3870 yep, i have a budget. similar to you, i have fixed expenses (charitable giving, savings, household ... all of my utilites are on budget billing) and everything below the that line is considered discretionary. however, i allocate the discretionary between personal, gas, groceries, and blow. those are my various discretionary/cash categories. yep, i have a budget. similar to you, i have fixed expenses (charitable giving, savings, household … all of my utilites are on budget billing) and everything below the that line is considered discretionary. however, i allocate the discretionary between personal, gas, groceries, and blow. those are my various discretionary/cash categories.

]]> http://www.msmoneysavvy.com/2009/01/26/budgeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3867 the weakonomist Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:49:18 +0000 http://www.msmoneysavvy.com/?p=223#comment-3867 That is how I budget as well. Things like car insurance, taxes, doctor bills all go into a slush fund of "expenses that i forget about but aren't emergencies" fund. Everything else I am always prepared for. That is how I budget as well. Things like car insurance, taxes, doctor bills all go into a slush fund of “expenses that i forget about but aren’t emergencies” fund. Everything else I am always prepared for.

]]> http://www.msmoneysavvy.com/2009/01/26/budgeting/comment-page-1/#comment-3854 Saver Queen Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:07:21 +0000 http://www.msmoneysavvy.com/?p=223#comment-3854 I really believe in budgeting and somehow we have let it get away from us. However we will be budgeting soon. I'm unemployed for the moment so it's very important! We are going to do the automatic withdrawl thing too, for savings and bills, and then see what's left. I really believe in budgeting and somehow we have let it get away from us. However we will be budgeting soon. I’m unemployed for the moment so it’s very important! We are going to do the automatic withdrawl thing too, for savings and bills, and then see what’s left.

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