Budget Help For Single Mothers

Budgeting can be a life saver for many single moms who are struggling to get their finances under control. Find new tips and ideas to help you not only create a budget, but stick to it.



How to save money on purchased Airfare tickets

September 7, 2011

You may be wondering what happens if the price of airfare falls after you purchase the ticket. Many people buy their tickets in the off-season to avoid the high prices, but if the ticket gets cheaper after you have made the purchase, a refund can be possible. Many airlines do allow you to get the [...]

Stretch Your Gas Budget With These Great Tips

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A single mom can’t do much about the price of gas, and each time she fills the car it takes more money. The amount in the monthly gas budget may be used up by the time the month is only half over, but mom still has to get to work and run her errands. To [...]

A Budget is Your Way to Financial Freedom

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Setting up your budget is the first step towards financial freedom and limiting your stress about money. It is not as easy as it might seem, however. Here are some steps you can take to establish a budget. First, you will need to determine how much you make. This can be varied, particularly if you [...]

Menu Planning and the Food Budget

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Many single moms find that it’s easier to stick to their food budget if they plan their menus in advance and shop according to the menu. Not only does it keep them from running to the store to pick up that odd item that is essential to the meal, but it takes a bit of [...]

Bending the Budget

March 23, 2011

Single moms often get frustrated living within a budget. This may cause them to just decide it doesn’t work and quit following it completely. If you’ve ever felt this way, you’re missing a very important aspect of the whole budget process of financial planning: the ability to change your budget and make it work for you. A [...]

3 Budget Tips to Stick To

February 15, 2011

A budget is the only way most single moms manage to get through the month without falling behind on the monthly bills. Once income and expenses are finally juggled to total up to a semblance of equality and payment dates negotiated to coincide with payday, the single mom can sit back with a sigh of [...]

Creating A Budget Plan You Can Work With

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As a single mom, a budget is the one thing that will get you from paycheck to paycheck. Unless you are a highly compensated individual, the lack of a second income in your household hurts. As a result, you need to set out a budget in order to help you plan for each financial need. [...]

Budget Worksheet Tips And Tricks

December 4, 2010

Budgeting your monthly expenses in order to get the greatest return on your income (and perhaps, even put aside some for saving!) doesn’t have to be extremely hard. Various budgeting programs are available for use. Money management programs provide you with a usual package that allows you to enter your cash inflows and outflows, categorizes [...]

Reasons to Not Buy a Home

October 26, 2010

Owning your own home may be part of the “American Dream,” but there are legitimate reasons when it simply makes more sense to rent. As a single mom, you may fall into these categories more often than others around you. Here are some times you should not consider buying a home. First, do not buy [...]

Single Mothers Need More Ways To Save Money

December 31, 2009

When it feels like you are scraping the bottom of the money barrel every month, how can you possibly save anything? For a single mother, every penny counts. But it is also important to save money for a rainy day or those emergencies that always seem to pop up right when you don’t have the [...]

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