Categories
- Budgeting
- Cars
- Credit Cards
- Debt
- Education
- Entertainment
- Financial Videos
- Food / Groceries
- Frugal
- Health
- Holidays
- Housing
- Insurance
- Investing
- Making Money
- Medical
- Minimum Wage Challenge
- Miscellaneous
- Money Saving Gadgets
- Personal Finance
- Relationships
- Retirement
- SA.com
- Saving Money
- Shopping
- Taxes
- Travel
- Utilities
- Website
- Work
- X Files
Archives
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- May 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- February 2006
- January 2006
- December 2005
- November 2005
- October 2005
- September 2005
Monthly Archives: December 2008
The Year In Review: What I Have Learned
As the old year draws to a close and a new year is about to dawn, I like to take a few moments to look back on the past year and to reflect on what went right and what went … Continue reading
The Frugal Garage
In my neighborhood, all of the houses have two car garages. What amazes me is how few people use their garages for their intended purpose. When I go out for a run, I see so many garage doors open and … Continue reading
Posted in Frugal, Housing, Personal Finance, Saving Money
Tagged car theft, car vandalism, Frugal, garage, garage safety, garage space, garage storage, insurance discounts, park cars
18 Comments
9 Actions You Can Take to Survive the Airport
Sometimes it seems like a minor miracle if you can make it from the airport doors to your seat on the plane without being searched, patted down, waiting in an exorbitantly long line, having your gate changed, being charged a … Continue reading
Personal Finance Articles This Week
Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week: 2009: A year of Economic Hell Truck and SUV sales rising, hybrid sales fall as gas prices drop … Continue reading
I Hate to Eat Out
Eating out used to be one of my favorite things to do. I loved to relax and be served great food with a minimum of effort on my part. This was before my husband and I implemented a budget, tracked … Continue reading
Posted in Budgeting, Food / Groceries, Personal Finance, Saving Money
Tagged dining out, eating at home, eating out, restaurant budget, track spending
15 Comments
How I Save Up to 75%: Online Shopping Strategies
Before the days of the Internet, I never really enjoyed shopping for the sake of shopping, especially after the open air “shopping centers” of my youth gave way to the enclosed, artificially lit “shopping malls” of my teenage and early … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Finance, Saving Money, Shopping
Tagged bookmark deal sites, discount, Internet shopping, online coupons, online shopping, rebate, Shopping, shopping portal
8 Comments
The Culture of Throwing Away Anything Not Perfect
Last week I was out walking my dog on trash day. As I was walking past my neighbor’s trash heap (I say heap because they always have more trash than will fit in the trash can and they just pile … Continue reading
Posted in Frugal, Personal Finance, Saving Money
Tagged diy, Do-It-Yourself, dumpster diving, fix it up, recycle, repair, repurpose, reuse, throwing away stuff, trash day, yard sale
12 Comments
The Financial Benefits of Giving up Alcohol
In my youth, I liked to live life well and, admittedly, to excess. My friends and I ate out often and we did not limit ourselves to salad and sparkling water. We enjoyed fine meals that we could not afford … Continue reading
Posted in Food / Groceries, Personal Finance, Saving Money
Tagged alcohol, giving up drinking, Personal Finance, save money, Saving Money, spirits
6 Comments
Using Money to Break a Bad Habit: The Return of the Swear Jar
Lately I’ve noticed that I have become quite the potty mouth. I wasn’t always this way. In fact, I didn’t even learn any good swear words until I was in college and my roommate taught me all she knew. (Yes, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Finance, Relationships
Tagged bad habit, breaking a bad habit, money jar, swear jar, swearing
4 Comments
How to Save When There’s No Money Left
You would really love to put aside some savings for a rainy day, but that rainy day is now. It seems like every penny earned is spent before it hits the bank. Saving money is becoming harder for a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Frugal, Personal Finance, Saving Money
Tagged couch diving, rainy day, Saving Money, wasting money
10 Comments
Weekend Reading: This Week’s Personal Finance Stories
Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week: The Obama economic stimulus: Everybody gets to refinance their house at 4.5% Meet the family who live on … Continue reading
Don’t Tell Me Your Money Problems
I work at home and see a lot of neighborhood moms as I go about my daily errands. The other day, I bumped into a woman I have known for several years because our sons have played on the same … Continue reading
How to Lose Your Rent Deposit
My father and I own a duplex. As the landlords for our small piece of property, we have seen plenty of tenants come and go in our college town. Most have been great. A few were not. In our experience, … Continue reading
I Married a Laundry Heretic
My wife and I have a fair distribution of labor in our home. Among other things, I wash and fold the laundry, and my wife puts it all away. Part of the reason that we arrived at this model for … Continue reading
Frugal People Will Suffer Least
I recently finished reading Thomas Friedman’s Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution and How It Can Empower America. It’s a very good book if you’re interested in the environment, but it’s also a good read if … Continue reading
Why Now is the Best Time to Shop
Conventional wisdom has long held that the best deals come close to the holidays. Another bit of conventional wisdom is that the best time to buy is when the economy is in recession and retailers need the money. These age … Continue reading
The High Cost of Picture Day
My son had a basketball game yesterday. We had to arrive early because it was picture day, the most dreaded day of all youth sports seasons. Chaos reigned, as always, with teams delaying the photographers so that they could locate … Continue reading