http://www.moneycrashers.com/what-to-do-when-your-budget-does-not-cover-all-of-your-expenses/ Personal Finance Blog, Your Guide to Financial Fitness Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.moneycrashers.com/what-to-do-when-your-budget-does-not-cover-all-of-your-expenses/#comment-5010 Eric Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:27:26 +0000 http://www.moneycrashers.com/what-to-do-when-your-budget-does-not-cover-all-of-your-expenses/#comment-5010 Those are always tough situations. I once thought I had everything together with my finances. My wife's money was just for savings, vacation, et al. When she left her job, suddenly we found ourselfs having to cut out so much we didn't realize we were used to. Eating out, large bills that came through and other things we hadn't realized but we were using her income to cover or pad. We've found the lifestyle change has been pretty hard to get used to. Good post! Those are always tough situations. I once thought I had everything together with my finances. My wife’s money was just for savings, vacation, et al. When she left her job, suddenly we found ourselfs having to cut out so much we didn’t realize we were used to. Eating out, large bills that came through and other things we hadn’t realized but we were using her income to cover or pad. We’ve found the lifestyle change has been pretty hard to get used to. Good post!

]]> http://www.moneycrashers.com/what-to-do-when-your-budget-does-not-cover-all-of-your-expenses/#comment-5009 story Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:30:42 +0000 http://www.moneycrashers.com/what-to-do-when-your-budget-does-not-cover-all-of-your-expenses/#comment-5009 Great commonsense post. I always list my expenses in order of how important to me they are, so I can draw a line if need be. Fortunately I've been able to stay ahead, so I add extra things to my list like "retirement," "Christmas fund," and "extra debt payment," so I still have somewhere to draw the line. Great commonsense post. I always list my expenses in order of how important to me they are, so I can draw a line if need be. Fortunately I’ve been able to stay ahead, so I add extra things to my list like “retirement,” “Christmas fund,” and “extra debt payment,” so I still have somewhere to draw the line.

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