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Christmas is December 25th – EVERY YEAR!
I love Christmas because it give me a chance to decorate my house and take time off of work. This is also one of those times of the year that has historically pissed me off. As you know I used to work as a debt collector for a mortgage company. The ...
Review – Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel
About the Book Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel is essentially extreme tips for saving money and losing any semblance you may have of dignity. Phil Villareal provides 100 tips to help you learn how to do things like: Get free meals at restaurants Fina...
Added Benefits of No TV
This is a guest post from Jason R. Fisher who runs improvethequality.com where he writes about simpler living, personal finance and making life better. If you like this article be sure to subscribe to his feed, you can also catch him on Twitter every...
Automate Your Finances to Save Time and Money
One of the easiest, and best things, you can do for your finances is automation. Automating your finances will allow you to make sure you bills are paid on time and your savings goals are not interrupted by a failure to remember to make the transfer....
Suburban Genie: My Three Financial Do-Overs
All of the credit for this post should go to Adam over at Your Money Relationship for coming up with this Money Genie post idea. Basically the idea boils down to what three things about your financial past would you change given the chance. While I...
Frugal Tips for Visiting Theme Parks
Coming off an exhausting vacation of chasing down overstuffed characters at the “Happiest Place on Earth” I thought it prudent to cover a few of the things you can do to cut down on your costs, and time in line, at theme parks. My own personal ex...
5 Frugal Tips for Parents
This is a guest post by Kelly Whalen. Kelly is a mostly stay-at-home mom to her 4 kids. She writes at the ¢entsible life about family finances, and her family’s journey to get out of debt. If you like this article I highly recommend you stop...
Review - 10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget
I was fortunate enough to receive an advanced copy of “10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget” by the Writers of Wisebread. I had hoped to get a review written before now but I had to pry the book out of my wife’s hands. That in itself...
Budgeting 101 - Why Budgets Fail
So far we have talked about tracking your spending, and setting up your budget. In this last installment of my Budgeting 101 series I want to touch on some of the problems people encounter with budgeting. Your budget is a fluid thing and requires per...
5 Free Tips to Save Money on Groceries
One of the biggest budget busters in our house has to be the grocery budget. With one more child on the way our expenses are certain to increase, here are five free surefire ways to save money at the grocery store: Create a Menu Plan At the end of ea...
My Financial Network Map
Baker over at ManVsDebt, who was inspired by Jim at Bargaineering, inspired me to create my own financial network map. I won’t go into detail on how to create a map, follow the previous links and you will get a better idea about it than I can...
