Comments on: Adult Allowances http://www.thoughtfulconsideration.com/2006/11/11/finance-investing-etc/adult-allowances/ Live Better - Get Your Think On! Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:54:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: The Bargain Queen on home lifestyle » Blog Archive » We’re in this week’s Festival of Frugality http://www.thoughtfulconsideration.com/2006/11/11/finance-investing-etc/adult-allowances/#comment-24109 The Bargain Queen on home lifestyle » Blog Archive » We’re in this week’s Festival of Frugality Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:37:16 +0000 http://www.thoughtfulconsideration.com/2006/11/11/finance-investing-etc/adult-allowances/#comment-24109 [...] Adult allowances. A great idea for making room in your budget for the fun things in life. Mr Bargain Queen and I do this too — we each have a ‘play money’ allowance every week that we can spend on anything we want. We don’t account for where it goes and don’t have to justify what we spend it on to one another (no matter how frivolous). It’s money we can afford to spend as we please, so that’s exactly what we do. [...] […] Adult allowances. A great idea for making room in your budget for the fun things in life. Mr Bargain Queen and I do this too — we each have a ‘play money’ allowance every week that we can spend on anything we want. We don’t account for where it goes and don’t have to justify what we spend it on to one another (no matter how frivolous). It’s money we can afford to spend as we please, so that’s exactly what we do. […]

]]> By: Towards Better Life » Blog Archive » Towards Better Life Carnival Edition #2 (November 26, 2006) http://www.thoughtfulconsideration.com/2006/11/11/finance-investing-etc/adult-allowances/#comment-102 Towards Better Life » Blog Archive » Towards Better Life Carnival Edition #2 (November 26, 2006) Sun, 26 Nov 2006 07:48:01 +0000 http://www.thoughtfulconsideration.com/2006/11/11/finance-investing-etc/adult-allowances/#comment-102 [...] Andy presents Adult Allowances posted at ThoughtfulConsideration.com - Get Your Think On, saying, “Make family spending more personal. Everyone will be happier, including the budget!” [...] […] Andy presents Adult Allowances posted at ThoughtfulConsideration.com - Get Your Think On, saying, “Make family spending more personal. Everyone will be happier, including the budget!” […]

]]> By: donna jean http://www.thoughtfulconsideration.com/2006/11/11/finance-investing-etc/adult-allowances/#comment-85 donna jean Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:29:42 +0000 http://www.thoughtfulconsideration.com/2006/11/11/finance-investing-etc/adult-allowances/#comment-85 We also use this system because I really wanted freedom to spend money without needing to budget for it and I wanted the partner to be able to buy items without having to justify it. The other big item included in this allowance is eating out for lunch. Lunch expenses took a big chunk of our monthly spending and I wanted to encourage us to save money by taking lunch from home. The best way to do this was to just allocate a little more in the personal funds and budget nothing for lunch. For me, losing money from my personal funds is a bigger incentive to bring a lunch than just "saving money". I can now thing – do I want to go get a sandwich or do I want to go on a mini-vacation in a few months instead… We also use this system because I really wanted freedom to spend money without needing to budget for it and I wanted the partner to be able to buy items without having to justify it. The other big item included in this allowance is eating out for lunch. Lunch expenses took a big chunk of our monthly spending and I wanted to encourage us to save money by taking lunch from home. The best way to do this was to just allocate a little more in the personal funds and budget nothing for lunch. For me, losing money from my personal funds is a bigger incentive to bring a lunch than just “saving money”. I can now thing – do I want to go get a sandwich or do I want to go on a mini-vacation in a few months instead…

]]> By: Talk To Other People About Finance » Blog Archive » ThoughtfulConsideration.com - "Live Better - Get Your Think On!" http://www.thoughtfulconsideration.com/2006/11/11/finance-investing-etc/adult-allowances/#comment-80 Talk To Other People About Finance » Blog Archive » ThoughtfulConsideration.com - "Live Better - Get Your Think On!" Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:34:23 +0000 http://www.thoughtfulconsideration.com/2006/11/11/finance-investing-etc/adult-allowances/#comment-80 [...] Our family’s Adult Allowance program — which my wife and I really enjoy — was modeled after our friends’ example [...] […] Our family’s Adult Allowance program — which my wife and I really enjoy — was modeled after our friends’ example […]

]]> By: Andy http://www.thoughtfulconsideration.com/2006/11/11/finance-investing-etc/adult-allowances/#comment-57 Andy Fri, 17 Nov 2006 20:13:55 +0000 http://www.thoughtfulconsideration.com/2006/11/11/finance-investing-etc/adult-allowances/#comment-57 I'd be honored and very pleased if you were to include my post. Thanks in advance! ---Andy I’d be honored and very pleased if you were to include my post. Thanks in advance!

—Andy

]]> By: Him http://www.thoughtfulconsideration.com/2006/11/11/finance-investing-etc/adult-allowances/#comment-53 Him Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:52:04 +0000 http://www.thoughtfulconsideration.com/2006/11/11/finance-investing-etc/adult-allowances/#comment-53 Your method of handling individual finances is exactly how we do it. Would you mind if we included this post in our upcoming <a href="http://www.makelovenotdebt.com/2006/11/call_for_relationship_and_finances_posts_again.php" rel="nofollow">Relationship and Finances" extravaganza</a>? Thanks! Your method of handling individual finances is exactly how we do it.

Would you mind if we included this post in our upcoming Relationship and Finances” extravaganza? Thanks!

]]> By: The Bargain Queen » We’re in this week’s Festival of Frugality http://www.thoughtfulconsideration.com/2006/11/11/finance-investing-etc/adult-allowances/#comment-51 The Bargain Queen » We’re in this week’s Festival of Frugality Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:25:33 +0000 http://www.thoughtfulconsideration.com/2006/11/11/finance-investing-etc/adult-allowances/#comment-51 [...] Adult allowances. A great idea for making room in your budget for the fun things in life. Mr Bargain Queen and I do this too — we each have a ‘play money’ allowance every week that we can spend on anything we want. We don’t account for where it goes and don’t have to justify what we spend it on to one another (no matter how frivolous). It’s money we can afford to spend as we please, so that’s exactly what we do. [...] […] Adult allowances. A great idea for making room in your budget for the fun things in life. Mr Bargain Queen and I do this too — we each have a ‘play money’ allowance every week that we can spend on anything we want. We don’t account for where it goes and don’t have to justify what we spend it on to one another (no matter how frivolous). It’s money we can afford to spend as we please, so that’s exactly what we do. […]

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