If you’re like the vast majority of families, your finances have gone through the ringer this year. Maybe you’ve changed jobs—or are still looking for one. Maybe you’ve lost your retirement funds and are trying to figure out how you’ll make it through the next year. Maybe you’re still doing okay but worry that the hard times are coming for you, too. Whatever your financial situation, we encourage you to spend the last two weeks of the year thinking about anything but your money. That’s right, the Money Couple just told you not to think about money. Take a look at this week’s Money Couple Minute, Taking a Financial Holiday, and find out some practical ways to just enjoy the holiday season with family and friends.
Archive for December, 2009
Taking a Financial Holiday
Thursday, December 17th, 2009No Holiday Headaches!!!
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009We find that regardless of a couples’ income, holiday spending can quickly become a battlefield. One of you spends too much, one of you spends too little. Someone splurges when they should have skimped, someone saves when they should have shopped.
The key to making it through the holidays with your sanity-and your budget-intact is… Click to Read Complete Money Couple Minute Here.
A Great Idea for Getting Kids Excited About Giving
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009Here was an idea we received from one of our readers that we couldn’t resist passing along…
“Just yesterday our kids took some money they had been saving for a few months and used it to each buy their own assortment of hats, gloves and socks. My husband and I bought our own pile too. We handed out over 40 pairs of gloves, 40 hats and 40 socks to the homeless people standing outside. The kids had their own bags and got to individually hand them out. The worst part was that there were still more people we didn’t get to bless because we ran out, so we are thinking of doing it again.”
Let us know if you have any other ideas to communicate good giving habits to your kids by emailing us at info@themoneycouple.com