The Money Saving Mom’s Budget: Slash Your Spending, Pay Down Your Debt, Streamline Your Life, and Save Thousands a Year by Crystal Paine, Gallery Books, 2012.
I have been a follower of Crystal’s blog, Money Saving Mom, for several years now and was really excited to read her first published book. I love her no-nonsense approach to money and home management. She advocates the cash only budget, eliminating credit cards and living within your means.
One concept that really resonated with me is clearing clutter and chaos from my life to achieve financial success. I never thought of clutter having an impact on finances, but her arguments make sense. It’s a great motivator to get rid of the paper piles (I have many of these) and clear out the clutter to stay on track financially.
Crystal also discusses basic and advance coupons and ideas to lower your grocery bill without coupons. The back of the book is filled with worksheets to coincide with the concepts in the book. Overall, this book was simple concepts, but very well written and a powerful reminder to live frugally and achieve financial success for your family.
I would highly recommend this book to everyone looking for ways to decrease spending, pay down debt or just get more organized with your finances. Even if you only take away a few concepts from ‘The Money Saving Mom’s Budget’, you will save way more than what you pay for this book. A solid investment in your financial future.
I am really impressed that Crystal is donating all her proceeds from this book to Compassion International, a Christian child advocacy organization.
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I would love some help in money saving values especially in this economy.
msgb245 at gmail dot com
anytime I can learn how to save money, I’m down! 🙂
I also need help to declutter and to learn to keep a budget! Sounds like this book would be a great help.
coolestmommy2000 at gmail dot com
I always feel so disorganized. I am always looking for new ways to put more order in my life!
I think she’s very practical and would love to have all her advice at the tip of my fingers. We need to work on the decluttering as well.
Would love to get tips and additional advice on creating and maintaining a budget. Love the idea of learning more about decluttering and organizing my home, too.
I need all the help I can get 🙂
bwalker1123 at gmail dot com
I could use some help to figure out what categories I need to budget for and how to budget for emergencies or unexpected costs.
jek9880 at gmail dot com
I would love to learn any new ideas on saving money.
I need help learning to save money.
Saving Money in this economy is how i get by.
RHonda
I am always looking for ways to save money and get organized!
My husband and I just recently became first time home owners. We could greatly benifit from learning how to make and follow a budget as well as learning how to pay down our debt so we can live comfortably within our means.
barrelrace.n@gmail.com
Could always use extra tips!! Thanks for the chance!