Budget - McKinney,TX

T.,
Women love to shop, but spending money is another thing altogether......Yuck! My sister and I used to go to garage sales every weekend. Just for a couple of hours. We got that shopping urge out without denting the budget.

Many times we found nothing and other times we did great! Everything from clothes, to furniture, to kitchen items to sports items or toys. Tools, linens, etc... It's fun and it's affordable. If you have a young child that wants to tag along, give them a dollar or two to spend. They will find something wonderful and feel great!

There is a goodwill store in carrollton. Often you can find clothes items there.
Best of Luck,
P.

Tracy Where are u located. If u are near me I know where everything is. I am the quee. Of thrift and savings!

T., I recommend Dave Ramsey's site, too. He has a free budgeting worksheet on there that is wonderful. The Financial Peace University is AWESOME!

I use the Grocery Game to get super discounted and/or free items at the grocery and drug stores. We love it!
Our family has saved lots of money using this site and love that we get name-brand items for less or free.

If you like to eat out, sign up for the restaurant's web specials. You can get free stuff from Chuck E. Cheese (free coins for your child's birthday), Incredible Pizza, and lots more sites. Toys R Us will call your child for their birthday and send you a card for a free surprise at the store, too! Academy Sports store has e-mails that include discounts to recipients only. Red Box is great for renting movies- only $1 per night per movie.

I just saw a site on the Today Show this morning that looks helpful: http://www.yardsaletreasuremap.com/
It maps all the yard sales that are listed on craigslist in a given area.

Also, Quicken has some great free resources online to help with personal budgets. http://quicken.intuit.com/

Finally, www.diaperswappers.com has a HUGE community of moms buying/seliing/trading things for their families. It started as a cloth diaper trading site, but there are also many people there selling clothes and other items. I love it but it can be overwhelming at first. Send me a message if I can help you get into it.

Good luck!

I recommend taking a look at Dave Ramsey's budgeting information. He has useful guide son his website, too! http://www.daveramsey.com/

Good luck!