http://www.moneycrashers.com/a-envelope-system-that-will-help-keep-you-from-overdrafting-your-checking-account/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-envelope-system-that-will-help-keep-you-from-overdrafting-your-checking-account personal finance blog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:07:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.moneycrashers.com/a-envelope-system-that-will-help-keep-you-from-overdrafting-your-checking-account/comment-page-1/#comment-3037 An Update On My Envelope System at Money Crashers Mon, 04 Dec 2006 04:43:47 +0000 http://moneycrashers.com/?p=169#comment-3037 [...] I wrote a post about the budgeting envelope system a few months back, and my wife and I have started to implement it now that we have the time, and our income has gone down severely since she started school full-time.  We have started out very well with it so far.  We went to the grocery store the other night, and there was $120 in the envelope to cover food for the next 10 -14 days.  Our total bill was $120.13!  I know it sounds extremely nerdy, but it was exciting to know that we put aside a certain amount of money for groceries and spent exactly what we needed to spend.  [...] [...] I wrote a post about the budgeting envelope system a few months back, and my wife and I have started to implement it now that we have the time, and our income has gone down severely since she started school full-time.  We have started out very well with it so far.  We went to the grocery store the other night, and there was $120 in the envelope to cover food for the next 10 -14 days.  Our total bill was $120.13!  I know it sounds extremely nerdy, but it was exciting to know that we put aside a certain amount of money for groceries and spent exactly what we needed to spend.  [...]

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