How to Save Money

It’s finally winter here in Florida. It’s 60 degrees today, and we are cold. I’ll be back in the 70s before long, but it’s time for us to start planning our summer vacations and our getaways. This week of cold air gets to us – though we love it – and everyone is ready to […] More

Travel, housing and entertainment are some of our biggest expenses throughout the year. We spend more on our mortgage than any other expense we have – put together (and that’s a good thing!) and we spend more on travel that we do on our mortgage, probably. Entertainment is another big expense for us. We have […] More

The 52-week savings challenge is all the rage right now. It’s almost impossible to scroll through your social media newsfeeds or look for savings advice on Pinterest without seeing someone refer to this challenge. It’s a good one, too, and that’s why so many people are so excited about it. What is the 52-week savings […] More

“Your total is $281.71,” the cashier notes as I slide my debit card through the machine. That sounds like a lot of money, so I must be doing my grocery shopping for a few weeks, right? Wrong; that’s my Sunday “I need to get the kids’ lunch stuff for the week, stuff to make for […] More

Getting organized is right behind getting fit and somehow improving life as a whole this time of year. Realistically, most of us will fail horribly and miserably at one or two of our new resolutions, but that’s kind of what makes them fun, right? I try not to make resolutions, because I feel that they […] More

It’s 2016, and if you are still willing to accept things at face value without a little negotiation, you need to get with the program. Additionally, if you care what people think of you, you need to get over it. It’s 2016; the world is a different place. Everyone is offended by something that has […] More

“I have to find a second job or a freelance or something, because I need to start saving for a trip to Italy and I just don’t have any room in my budget for that,” is the conversation the woman in line in front of me at Starbucks is engaged in with her friend/coworker. Insert […] More

Can you really save money by switching your utility providers? It seems that there is a bit of a discussion going on about this at the moment now that Energy Plus is offering their customers a chance to earn a lot of airline miles through the AAdvantage program simply by switching energy providers. The offer […] More

Carefully matched wrapping paper, coordinating gift tags, beautiful ribbon and matching bows are expensive, yet we all spend entirely too much on just these things. It doesn’t matter that the gift in the paper is a very expensive Apple Watch, designer handbag or little blue box from the world’s most famous jewelry store. All that […] More

Often when we think of achieving financial freedom, we think of becoming excessively wealthy thanks to a high-paying career. Of course, that’s very nice; who doesn’t want to do something that they love doing and make enough to live a financially free lifestyle in the process? However, we often overlook one very simple method of […] More