“Budget the luxuries first” is advice I received a long time ago. Everyone needs a treat every now and again so best to plan for it rather than do it on impulse and not make the rent that month. Way back when we were first married and both working we decided to budget for one meal away from home a week. We both looked forward to our ‘date night’ and it helped us cope with the trials of our working lives. We kept it up until our first daughter was born when we reduced it to once a month since babysitters were a little hard on our budget at the time. Never regretted spending the money at a restaurant (no fast food placed in our town back then) instead of adding to our very meager savings.
A cool but occasionally sunny day today. Great day anyway as our older daughter brought her new partner home to meet us yesterday. From what I can tell so far he is a keeper!
“Budget the luxuries first” is advice I received a long time ago. Everyone needs a treat every now and again so best to plan for it rather than do it on impulse and not make the rent that month. Way back when we were first married and both working we decided to budget for one meal away from home a week. We both looked forward to our ‘date night’ and it helped us cope with the trials of our working lives. We kept it up until our first daughter was born when we reduced it to once a month since babysitters were a little hard on our budget at the time. Never regretted spending the money at a restaurant (no fast food placed in our town back then) instead of adding to our very meager savings.
A cool but occasionally sunny day today. Great day anyway as our older daughter brought her new partner home to meet us yesterday. From what I can tell so far he is a keeper!