There’s money on the table everywhere. How much of it are you keeping? I talked with Sean Merron and Kevin Griffin, also known as 2FrugalDudes, about this topic and more … A couple of weeks ago I had the great pleasure of working with Sean Merron and Kevin Griffin, co-creators of the 2FrugalDudes podcast, to … Read more
I’d been wanting to try out Republic Wireless for a while. I’m glad I finally did … I was tired of my dumb phone. It was dumb as in “not a smartphone” but also dumb as in dumb. I barely could see the keypad anymore. And I kept butt-dialing people because I could not lock … Read more
Even though it’s tempting, trying to keep up with the Joneses is a recipe for financial disaster. Do this instead … This is a guest post by “ESI” of ESIMoney.com. Earn, save, and invest! You’ve likely heard the phrase “keeping up with the Joneses” (they were the ones we all emulated before the Kardashians came … Read more
Budgeting is an important part of personal finance management, but when it meets extreme cheapskates, it can get out of control … (This is a guest post by Eric Rosenberg, a full-time freelancer and blogger at Personal Profitability. Eric writes about personal finance and entrepreneurship at InvestmentZen, his own blog, and other sites around the … Read more
There are lots of lists out there on how to save money. Here’s my list. I’ve used these ideas for over a decade … There are so, so many tricks on how to save money. Entire books have been written on the subject. Here, I’ll chip in with a list of ways I’ve saved money for … Read more
Buying in bulk is great if you can consume it all, of course. But what if you can’t? Quantity discounts, used appropriately, are one of the pillars of frugal living. Why go to the store for one smallish package of toilet paper when you can hit Costco and be well-stocked for two months? Buying in … Read more
Bucket list items are things you want to do during your lifetime. How big is yours? The bucket list is a term that likely originated in 2004 in a book by Patrick M. Carlisle: “So, anyway, a Great Man, in his querulous twilight years, who doesn’t want to go gently into that blacky black night. He wants … Read more
A friend of ours was paid a pretty high compliment. I heard things about the finances of a successful community event during a committee meeting a few weeks ago. Specifically, after the accounting was done, it ended up squarely in the black financially. The person reporting out in the committee meeting credited much of the … Read more