How do you control your spending?

em1901 · Apprentice Joined: 23 Aug 2008 Posts: 2

My wife and I live in my parent's house with our daughter for over two years. We agreed with my parents that this will be just temporary and we promised to find another place to live in. My wife had this idea to save some money and buy a house, but we always spend everything we earn. How do you control your spending?

justina · Apprentice Joined: 09 Sep 2010 Posts: 2

My husband and I had financial problems for many years before we realized that we often buy things we don't need and never use. Then we started making lists of things we really need every day. We were surprised with the amount of money we spent while buying only things from the list. We paid 20% less then a week before! Now we do this every week and we even opened our first savings account. It's not enough for buying a house, but it's a start. This is our proven to work method, and if you think about it, it's very easy. Just give it a try and you'll be able to save enough and realize that this really works. Good luck!