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.
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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.
How to Handle Holiday Spending?
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009For many couples, the holidays are a minefield of difficult money decisions. How do we stick to a budget and still give meaningful gifts? Do we really need to buy a gift for Great Aunt Martha? Where are we going to get the money to pay for all of this stuff?
With so many money-based decisions coming in the midst of all the other stressful events of the holiday season, it’s more important than ever that your financial communication stays strong.
Start this holiday season with a Money Huddle to check in on expectations and create a spending plan that won’t leave you broke come January. The Money Huddle will help you get on track and prioritize your spending. It will also keep you from out of control spending because you will be able to determine goals and limits ahead of time.
Discover the strategies to create your gift list, set spending limits, plan your time to shop, learn how weekly check-ins help, and how your Money Personalities will affect how you and your spouse handle your holiday spending in this weeks Money Couple Minute: How to Handle Holiday Spending.