Comments on: Catching the spending creep http://budgetingdaily.com/spending/catching-the-spending-creep/ Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:09:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Kathryn http://budgetingdaily.com/spending/catching-the-spending-creep/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Kathryn Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:09:45 +0000 http://budgetingdaily.com/?p=50#comment-221 My family ran into this the last several months. The money that WAS taking us through the month with some left over was getting tight. It would have been easy to dismiss it because of rising every day costs, but I sat down and looked hard at our expenses. Little purchases were pushing us over. Now we write down what we spend each evening so we know exactly where the money is going and can slow the creep before it gets out of control. My family ran into this the last several months. The money that WAS taking us through the month with some left over was getting tight. It would have been easy to dismiss it because of rising every day costs, but I sat down and looked hard at our expenses. Little purchases were pushing us over.

Now we write down what we spend each evening so we know exactly where the money is going and can slow the creep before it gets out of control.

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