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Starting and Sticking to a Budget: Step 1

Keep a Spending Log

Extra credit: Separately track purchases you didn't make. Print off a second Spending Log to track purchases you wanted to-but didn't-make. The new CD you got from the library instead of the mall ($15), the drive-through meal you skipped for a meal at home ($15 for all four of you), and the shoes you tried on (but didn't buy) at the department store ($45) are technically money saved. Though it doesn't increase your bottom line, it doesn't decrease you bank account balance either. If you had bought all three of the items above, you'd be out $75!

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Stepfanie Romine
A former newspaper reporter, Stepfanie now writes about nutrition, health and fitness, with an emphasis on whole foods and from-scratch cooking. She is a certified Ashtanga yoga teacher who enjoys Spinning, international travel and vegetables of all kinds. See all of Stepfanie's articles.

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