I don’t have to tell you that there are plenty of people this year out of work and hurting. Some things have gotten better but for the most part we are still right in the middle of the recession. Yet there is word that sales this shopping season have picked up over the last few […]

There is something to be said about ranking yourself when it comes to finance, in fact in just about every situation in life, we humans like to classify and rank ourselves; it’s only natural 🙂 Most people rank themselves based on income but that’s usually pretty gray as many people just guess at others income […]

Today’s pick goes to Jeff at Deliver Away Debt. He’s got a great story behind his blog and an interesting, nose to the grind solution to his debt problem. Last week he posted about nickel and diming. Now I know some people feel it’s better to enable yourself to make these kinds of purchases, by […]

Over at Almost Frugal, she runs a very cool series called This Is What Frugal Looks Like where she interviews others to find out what they do that is frugal, traditional or unusual. I had the opportunity to join her list of interviewed. I probably fall into the more unusual category of those she has […]

I have two young kids and young kids love Disney movies. One of Disney movies that I admit I can’t remember ever watching all the way through is Bambi. I had the pleasure the other night to watch Bambi all the way through with my daughters and I thought it was a pretty good movie, […]

Yea, that title does include the word placenta..I’ve witnessed birth and it’s an amazing thing but it’s quite disgusting and the placenta is no exception so why in the world would someone want to create a kids toy out of the placenta. I’m all for recycling and reusing, that’s part of my frugal lifestyle but […]

I have been contemplating the worth of money lately. I know what you’re thinking, “A dollar is worth a dollar, dummy”…but I’m not talking about the numeric value. My wife and I haven’t always been on the same wavelength when it comes to some of the little splurges in life. I sweat the small stuff […]