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Save on Mandatory Fun Trips
Last Friday, I read Ben’s great post about saving money by taking a staycation. Ironically, I was on vacation attending a wedding in Iowa at the time. But it really got my thinking about ways to save on mandatory wedding vacations, like the trip I found myself on (there are just some weddings you cannot [...]
Flood Insurance for Your Home
FEMA has gotten a fair amount of criticism after Katrina and after reading their “Myths-and-Facts” regarding that whole mess, I am still not wholly convinced that FEMA was/is really on the ball as far as disaster relief. Having said that, however, there is a fair amount of other information that they present that might be [...]
Make Summer Activities Affordable
This post is the latest in the Summer Savings Series by the Money Life Network. Check out the details for the contest here.
Living frugally definitely has its challenges in the summer. With the nice weather comes expensive outdoor activities like concerts, golfing, and drive in movies (yes, they still exist). You don’t [...]
A Tipping Point to be Free From Broke
I work in the IT industry and it’s a true fact that I am currently making an income that is below both the median income for my industry as well as the median income for my area. Why am I not crying myself to sleep every night and fretting about how I am going [...]
The Only Thing Funny About Fuel Prices…
…are the comics. Enjoy!
(Courtesy of the interwebz’ tubez)
The Money Life Network
First off, I hope that everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend and paid tributes to the men and women who have given so much in order for us to have the best country in the world. Knowing all that was done for us in the past and in the present is humbling and [...]
Is Flying Worth The Cost?
Lately, it seems as if the frustration associated with flying is increasing at the same rate of airline tickets. Layovers and canceled flights are becoming the norm and are leaving helpless customers twiddling their thumbs. What can we do about it? Unfortunately, there is not a lot we can do and this [...]
Jump Start Your Frugality
We hear from a good number of people that they would like to have more money. Not just have more, but make more. They talk about the need to get a better paying job, how they can barely afford to pay the bills and if only they made more money every month, [...]
Cost Analysis of Bottled Water Versus Filtered at Home
Main stream media occasionally drives me nuts. So many times on the Today Show, they go on and on about a certain topic, and then right at the very end, they call in an expert who very succinctly, and sometimes, even intelligently explains how the previous 15 minutes of terrible gloom and doom are [...]
Visa Gift Card Lab Has Custom Logos
As we see, quite a few of our colleagues have had contests on their blogs, we thought that now might be a good opportunity to present an interesting idea…Give away a visa gift card with your blog with your websites logo on it! This would provide the winner to have not only a tangible thing from winning, but it [...]
We Have Joined Pay Per Post
Given the amount of traffic we cater to at this site, we have decided to engage our services with PayPerPost. We felt that by going this route we would have the advantage of not going to crazy with ads and keep the look of the site relatively clean and it lends itself to some [...]
Monthly Round Up for March
Every month we will gather up some of our most well received posts and quotes, in case they were missed as well as to give some financial highlights to consider for the month ahead. We will also discuss some of our sites traffic activity. Have you subscribed yet?
So this is our second month [...]
Our Fun Friday Post
Both Frank and I have been incredibly busy this week with our other full time job, and are going present a hilarious video we found on YouTube. It’s the Money Song from Monty Python…enjoy your weekend. Remember to subscribe to catch all the latest from us!
My Dumbest Purchase Ever
Today I would like to reflect on one of my most infamous purchases. This was a long time ago and has since drilled some nice principles into my spending habits and the way I spend money. I still make mistakes now and again but this was one of the first that really hit home that [...]
Analysis of “The 11 Principles” by Money Crashers
MoneyCrashers.com has an article a list about a few principles regarding money and we would like to address them. Over all, its a great list. Feel free to comment!
1. Always spend less than you make.
Naturally, this is in first place as it keeps the saver moving in the right direction, regardless of how fast or [...]
