With the official release of the first Presidential $1 coin only a week away, and with the coins already in hand and selling on eBay, there will be renewed interest in unopened mint coin rolls. Unopened mint coin rolls can bring a price above face value because there is a chance that one (or several) … Read more
Did you make a resolution this year to save extra money for reducing debt, building up an emergency fund, or investing? One place to look might be pet expenses. MSN has an article with 13 tips for keeping pet costs in check. This post continues with the last seven tips in the article. (The bold … Read more
If you’ve made a resolution to save extra money this year for building up an emergency fund, reducing debt, or investing, one good place to look is pet expenses. MSN contributes to this cause with 13 tips for keeping pet costs in check. This post will contain the first six, and the second one will … Read more
A question was posted over at the Save Money and Budgeting Forums asking whether people actually budget or not. Both camps piped up: those that have a formal budget and those that budget by using The Force: Formal budgeting involves allocating expenses beforehand, tracking items with some degree of care, and making adjustments on overages … Read more
Jim over at Blueprint For Financial Prosperity gave a quickie list of five personal finance teaching gifts for kids. Number 3 on the list was Monopoly. I agree 100% that this is a great game for teaching kids about the ins and outs of money — with one caveat: Play the game by the rules. … Read more
Most of the recurring bills we get are paid automatically either by direct debit to our checking account or by automatic charging of our primary credit card. It’s helped us to keep on top of the bill paying. Our county government, though, hasn’t had any such mechanism in place (until this month, we found out). … Read more
I signed up for ReviewMe a while back. The first review I turned down because it wasn’t really on topic for this blog. This list of 118 ways to save money in college, though, is right on topic for a personal finance blog, and it’s quite good, so I’m more than happy to do this … Read more
The P and J come from the Myers-Briggs type indicator. You might have taken this test at some point for “self-realization” or as part of workplace training. I was a strong P (Perceiving). The difference between the J (Judging) and Perceiving personality types is basically one of planning ahead vs. winging it. J’s typically like … Read more