April Budget Final

This month we were very close to breaking even.  What held us back?  Our weekend trip to New York City.  I figure that we payed around $250 for the trip out side of hotel and Broadway show ticket.  The last to items were rolled into previous months’ budgets.  The $250 included gas, food and gifts [...]

When it is Good to Spend a Little

My wife and I just spent a weekend in New York City. It was a wonderful visit, that was planned months in advance. The back story is that we in our 11 years of marriage never had a weekend getaway. Before the house and kids, we saved up as much as possible [...]