Andrea Dekker

Weekend Giveaway: Money Saving Mom’s Budget Book

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UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed.

Even as a very small child, some of my favorite play-time activities were playing store {I was the cashier} and writing numbers in my “bank book” {see picture below}.

When I was six, my parents helped me open my first savings account and then make small deposits on a regular basis. You can probably imagine how excited I was to balance a REAL bank register after each deposit!

I opened a checking account when I was 18, and was extremely hesitant to spend even one penny more than I absolutely had to!  I used coupons to buy groceries all through college, and worked as many hours as I could to quickly pay off my student loans.

Now that I’m “all grown up” I’m still frugal, I still use coupons, I still don’t spend money if I don’t have to, and I still balance my bank register after every transaction {yes, I do online banking too!}

Basically, I’ve been frugal for as long as I can remember — thanks in large parts to my parents who have always encouraged me and my sisters to save, save, save!

Because of my love for frugal living, I am simply ecstatic about today’s giveaway — The Money Saving Mom’s Budget. It’s a brand new book written by one of my blogging friends, Crystal Paine of MoneySavingMom.com.

Crystal’s book is not only packed FULL of hundreds of tips and tricks to save more, spend less, and pay off debt; it also contains a wealth of information on how to simplify and organize your entire life… which I’m all in favor of 🙂

Plus the entire book is written from a “normal” person’s perspective on finances; so you won’t have to weed through financial jargon or constantly wonder if you’re understanding it correctly.

As I was reading her book, I kept thinking “I could have written this” because I honestly agree with pretty much everything she says. You can read more about her book here, but then come back and enter to win one of 5 copies!

The Giveaway:

Today, five lucky readers will win a copy of Crystal’s new book, The Money Saving Mom’s Budget! 

How to Enter:

1. Leave a comment. How are you trying to save more and spend less this year?

2. Like Simple Organized Living and/or Money Saving Mom on Facebook, and then leave a separate comment letting me know you did {or that you do already}.

If you are reading this in your email or feed reader, please visit the actual blog post to enter. Email entries, Facebook comments, and Twitter messages will NOT be counted.

Prizes:

(5) copies of The Money Saving Mom’s Budget as described above.

This giveaway ends at 10:00 pm on Tuesday, 1/17/2012 and is open to all U.S. and Canadian residents 18 years or older. I will use And the Winner Is to select the winning comments at random. Winners will be notified by email and noted at the top of this post. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize or I will choose a new winner. Please see my full disclosure policy and contact me with any questions you have. Good luck!

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Comments

  2. Tabitha says

    This year we are trying to save more by cooking from scratch and eating out less. We are also switching our spending to cash only.

  5. Monica says

    We stopped drinking pop (went through 2+ cases a week), we are limiting our eating out to “special occassions,” we stopped our daily newspaper delivery & read it online, we got a smaller trash can & are recylcing more, we called our cable/internet & phone providers to lower our rates since we’ve been customers for 6+ years, I signed up for all automatic payments (to save the stamp!)…small changes add up!

  7. Angela says

    I am trying to reuse and repurpose as much as possible as well as cooking more at home and from scratch.

  9. Christina says

    I am really trying to cook more meals at home this year. The cost of eating out REALLY ads up, and I have found that cooking my mother’s everyday, family recipes (think Goulash and Tuna Casserole), help me keep my grocery budget low, while allowing me to rekindle some FOND childhood memories every time I pick up a fork! I get the best of both worlds!

  11. Cari says

    I would LOVE a copy of your book! I could use all the help I can get with my new found couponing and money-saving hobby!

  13. Kathy Linklater says

    I really need to set up a budget. I really don’t spend all that much, but I’m sure everyone says that until they actually set up a budge and see all the wasted money.

  15. Carin says

    I am asking myself if I really need it *today* before I buy something. I’ve been realizing that I am living just fine without =)

  16. shelly says

    I started a new budget for this year. I would like to save more by really working with and without coupons to get the best price I can everyday. Would love to win this to get more ideas.
    Thanks

  17. RuthAnn Alston says

    I am trying to save more AND spend less this year. We are setting aside more money into our savings and I have cracked down and started seriously using coupons. I need to learn how to make a budget that we can stick to though

  20. Tammy says

    I am trying to save money for my son to go to college this fall by palnning my weekly meal menu and actually cooking the meals even after a long day at work.

  22. Michelle says

    I’m trying to save money by creating a workable and manageable budget and organization system. I would love for this book to help me do that.

  23. Jenny Miller says

    To save money this year we are going to try to use Crystal’s grocery tips from her online series last year and stop using costco!

  24. Chris says

    I have stopped looking at store’s sales flyers. I always end up finding something in the sales flyers that I ‘need’ that I never knew I needed until I saw it on sale!

  26. Sharon Burkes says

    Hello,

    I Like you on Facebook. I am trying to save money by starting over … I am going to read your book (prayerfully I win one ) And then I am giong to make some time and start budgeting again. We were blessed with our first home about a year and a half ago and things just havent been the same yet.

    Thank You God Bless
    Sharon

  32. Heather says

    We are working on having a budget written on paper. We have had a budget in our heads for the last couple of years, but nothing on paper. I think we will be able to stick to the budget it is down on paper, which would save us money.

  33. Heidi says

    I just stumbled across this site today and am so excited! I made the goal to become more organized this year and hope that by following this blog, I will get the help I need. My husband and I are trying to save money by using the envelope system this year for spending cash, groceries and eating out/entertainment money.

  35. Laureen says

    liked you on facebook, would certainly help the budget to win as I know Titus2 University will be doing a book study on this and I’ll need it!

  36. Laureen says

    Trying to pay off the debt we have and get to a place where we can use cash for purchases only.

  38. Laci Morgan says

    I’m doing my best to cook at home more rather than eating out, and am experimenting with making my own cleaning and bath products.

  39. andrea says

    I am taking my budget 1 step further and converting more categories to the envelope system

  40. Laurene Perez says

    I am trying to make my own cleaning supplies in addition to continuing my couponing.

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