How to Budget Effectively
Sally’s Kitchen has tips on How to Budget Effectively, including an Excel spreadsheet template for download. There are some great ideas and suggestions here, simple things like: print out a small copy of your budget and tape it over your credit card so that every time you’re tempted to use it, you’re reminded of your goals; always shop with a list in order to avoid temptation; when shopping on-line, add items to your wish list rather than your cart, and then check back in a week or a month (when it will be clearer if what you wanted was just an impulse purchase).
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Mike said,
March 1, 2007 @ 5:19 pm
The link for the excel template does not seem to work. Do you have an alternate location, or can you post it? Tks
Lance Fisher said,
March 2, 2007 @ 5:26 pm
My Amazon wishlist is huge for this reason. Most of the stuff, I never return to buy.
Mike said,
March 4, 2007 @ 8:19 pm
Can you provide the excel file? The link to the file in the story seems to not be working. Thanks!
Mike
david medlock said,
March 25, 2007 @ 9:56 pm
I use [url=http://www.wishlist.com]WishList.com[/url] for a universal wish list. Amazon is good, but it only works for their products. With WishList, I just put the link in my browser and I can add any product from any site. Then I can pear down or prioritize the stuff I really want later on…