The "b" word

A budget, also know as the "b" word. When we first talked about expenses, bills and watching our spending everyone's eyes glazed over including my own. It has been a very long time since I have had to watch my money (within reason of course.) I wouldn't go out to a high end store and buy designer clothes or refurnish rooms every year. What really had to changed was my thinking around eating out, travel or other small expenditures that add up quickly. When I first started chopping costs out went the maid. I have four capable daughters who didn't know what a toilet brush looked like. I still question this after they have "cleaned" their bathroom. One great thing about having a budget is you get to say no and it sticks, no questions. Teenagers had to get jobs to afford their clothes at Aritzia, what 14 year old needs $90 shorts? "Working is hard" was the quote when I did the pick up from work today. Yup, the "b'" word, lots of great lessons being learned around here...including hard work.