This weekend I snagged on a good deal on a roasting pan. It was on sale at Bed Bath & Beyond for $20 with a $10 mail-in rebate. In addition, I was able to use one of their $5 of $15 coupons on the purchase. That will bring my total cost down to $6.46 (including …
I was okay with the new car tax deduction. It didn’t offer a huge incentive to buy a new car or pose a big burden on the federal budget, but it was a nice bonus for people who planned to buy a new car anyway. Now the House of Representatives has passed a new “cash for …
Summer is here again! Time to break out the flip flops, shorts, and suntan lotion. Oh, and the fruit. All the fruit you can eat! Ripe cherries, sweet strawberries, juicy peaches. My mouth is watering over here. In keeping with my quarterly tradition, here are 13 more frugal ways to celebrate summer, one for each week. …
Most people are aware of the importance of diversifying their portfolios. What they aren’t clear on is how to do that, and then how to proceed once that’s done. It’s not enough just to choose the right balance of investments. You also need to rebalance them once a year to ensure that your investments are …
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I like to get to the farmer’s market first thing in the morning. My parents like to go to the farmer’s market in the afternoon. It may seem like a simple question of timing, but there are other differences. Which do you prefer? Advantages of Getting to the Market Early For me, there are three …
It took me nearly two weeks, but yesterday I triumphed over an airline and will be receiving a $150 refund within the next 7 days. This was a unique situation, and the facts were on my side, but I also had to be persistent in order to get my money back. The Situation An event …
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I know that technically the ghosts of past, present, and future are Christmas characters, but Halloween seems like a good time to talk about the ghosts of financial decisions past. Here are three good and bad financial choices I made and the ways in which they’re still affecting me. Three Good Financial Decisions Although I’ve …
As part of financial literacy month, I decided to really think about the various ways my parents taught me about money. Some of them were active lessons, others were things I picked up throughout my childhood. Those lessons stuck with me and form my own attitudes and actions towards money. My Piggy Bank Like most kids, …
Today we look at one cause of rising food prices that took a long time to create, and will take even longer to fix, if we even can. That’s food shortages. Food shortages have three causes, actually. The first is climate change. The second is a rising global population. The third is the number of …
My husband has been on surgery disability for several weeks now and we’ve learned a few surprising things about the process, the first of which is that it’s really not that much of a financial strain. Of course, we earn more than we spend, so it might be more difficult for families that are on …
