I was cruising through my feed reader today (I keep 75 feeds on my Bloglines account-it’s a great, easy way to keep track of all the blogs I like to read) and an interesting article called “Should We Say Goodbye To Cheap Food” was posted over on All Financial Matters. All Financial Matters is a… Keep Reading
Best Of-Family Traditions for Christmas-on the Cheap, Part II
Here is another installment of my “Family Christmas Traditions on the Cheap”: In Part I of Family Traditions for Christmas-On the Cheap I covered why I think traditions are important and the three ways that folks come by their traditions, A-got them from their family B-consciously decided on a tradition and C-a chance occurrence or… Keep Reading
Kid’s and Christmas Presents-or, How Not to Go Broke
The shopping madness is now truly upon us. Black Friday (and Cyber Monday-that’s a new one for me) have passed and many folks are up to their eyeballs in debt already. Buying and giving gifts is of course a big part of the Christmas season. For some folks this is a joy, and for others… Keep Reading
Frugal Alternative to Wet Wipes
Ever since Meredith got me interested in Bento (Bad Meredith!-Way too interesting.) I’ve added a few bento blogs to my bloglines feedreader account. Although I don’t actually pack Princess’s lunch as a full out bento, and I have resisted the urge to order lots of cool bento stuff (I do not need to spend, I… Keep Reading
Accepting (and even asking for) Help
This whole new/old house thing is a lot of work. I’ve been blessed to have a bunch of friends who are being very helpful. I must admit-when people first said to me “Let me know if there is anything I can do to help”, my first instinct is to say “thanks, I will” and then… Keep Reading
Simple Living and Frugality-Guest Post
As my regular readers know-I’ve been quite busy with the new house. Rhonda Jean from Down to Earth (an Austrailian Frugal Living/Simplicity blogger) has kindly offered up this article from her archives to take some of the blogging pressure off me! Thanks Rhonda Jean! ********************************* A simple life is a life of deliberate choices. It… Keep Reading
Introduction to 401ks and Roth IRAs-A Guest Post
On Monday No Credit Needed posted about how to get out of debt. Today we are lucky enough to have Jim from Bargineering, another very popular and well respected personal finance blogger*, providing our guest post. NCN and Jim’s articles are, by design, tied together. NCN taught us about how to get out of debt,… Keep Reading
Getting out of Debt-Guest Post
I have a confession to make. I am not in debt. I have never been swamped in debt. The only purchases I have ever made on a large amount of credit were the house and car, and Yankee Bill and I have always bought those items well within our price ranges and paid them off… Keep Reading
The Joys and Challenges of Frugality by Necessity-A Guest Post
This week I’m in San Diego, and several wonderful bloggers are providing me with guest posts. I specifically asked the various bloggers to provide articles on topics that I don’t feel qualified to write on. One of those areas is getting out of debt. Yankee Bill and I have never been in deep debt-we are… Keep Reading
How I’m Cutting Food Costs in San Diego.
I leave tomorrow morning at 4am for San Diego! This trip is going to be a blast-but it isn’t going to be cheap. I want to admit up front that I will not be doing everything in the most frugal way possible. There are three other grown women on this trip, and although none of… Keep Reading
