Comments on: How is your Christmas savings fund doing?

By: Debt Free Hispanic

Debt Free Hispanic — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:05:00 +0000

Love the blog, I like reading your blog and help the Lord has truly blessed your family. Keep up the good work. -Debt Free Hispanic

By: BTGNow.net

BTGNow.net — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:29:47 +0000

Great post! I don’t know why I never thought of this before! I referenced you in an article I wrote about exactly how to set up a gift giving fund here: http://www.btgnow.net/2008/08/how-to-plan-and-save-for-gift-giving-holidays/

Also, it’s your turn in the PF Challenge!

By: Bridging The Gaap » Blog Archive » How To Plan and Save For Gift Giving Holidays

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:29:35 +0000

[...] researching my next opponent for the PF Challenge, Gather Little By Little, I recently found a great article he wrote about saving for Christmas which basically says the [...]

By: This Week in the Blogosphere: Mini-Vacation Edition : BorrowFromNone.com

This Week in the Blogosphere: Mini-Vacation Edition : BorrowFromNone.com — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:56:41 +0000

[...] Once you make some money, don’t forget to save some of it. Gather Little By Little reminds us that it’s never too early (or too late) to start saving up for your big expenses. [...]

By: Making Money Journal » Friday Link Love

Making Money Journal » Friday Link Love — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:07:06 +0000

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By: The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Major Cold Edition | Rich Dad Poor Dad Blog

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:11:10 +0000

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By: Hobby: Saving Money

Hobby: Saving Money — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:09:15 +0000

We get paid bi-weekly but only include 2 paychecks per month in our budget – which works out to two extra paychecks a year in May and November. The last few years has worked quite well to use November’s “extra” paycheck for 50% savings and 50% Christmas fund.

Although, I guess that gives away the fact that I haven’t done a good job of planning ahead on buying gifts.

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:30:17 +0000

This is a GREAT idea – one that I STRONGLY recommend. When you use your credit cards for a one month shopping spree – or for some others, a one day – then you are racking up money that you are going to have to pay off for the next year (sometimes – other times it only takes a couple months), then the vicious cycle starts again the next year, doing the same things, again and again. Worst part about it, you will be paying more than your originally did in the first place. But! By planning ahead like you said, it doesn’t have to be this way! You know, Geezeo can help you with your goal to “plan ahead”. Not only can you budget your money better in order to work out some kinks so that you can save for the other, you can set up goals that will allow you to see you savings account. It will let you know when you are halfway through, and even once you have completed it! And that will make you feel good to know that you can do this thing they call planning ahead, and then that will become your routine for the next year, instead of paying off past debt. Good luck to all with their endeavors of making this year different – let Geezeo help!

By: The Simple Dollar » The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Major Cold Edition

The Simple Dollar » The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Major Cold Edition — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:59:44 +0000

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By: SingleGuyMoney

SingleGuyMoney — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:18:41 +0000

I don’t setup a seperate account anymore; I just pull the money from my flexible savings account. If I had kids (especially six of them), I would probably setup a seperate account.