How to Save Money

Do you subscribe to any magazines? It occurred to me a few months ago when a subscription to Cosmopolitan showed up in my mailbox that I don’t spend much time reading magazines. In fact, I don’t spend any time reading magazines. I had no idea where it came from, who paid for it and whether […] More

Starting your own business is exciting and it’s scary. It’s scary when someone else is funding it for you, and it’s scary when it’s something you are funding on your own. No matter where your funding comes from, however, it is always a good idea to save money when possible when launching your own business. […] More

Not everyone with millions in the bank spends recklessly and without care. In fact, the wealthiest millionaires I know clean their own home, buy their own generic groceries and refuse to buy things when they feel that the price is not right. They’re not dropping their cash just because they have it, and that’s probably […] More

Back-to-school shopping – it’s not for the weak. I said this a few weeks ago on Facebook. My husband and I had already experienced a day of back-to-school shopping with our big girls. It’s our third year of it with our oldest, but she’s easy and so is shopping for one. Now she’s in second […] More

Considering how frequently the vast majority of us use our cell phones and all that we can actually do with them, the price we pay for them is actually pretty insignificant. However, it’s still expensive. For a while I was paying over $400 per month for a plan with four lines. It’s a much more […] More

The kitchen is always the best room in the house, and not just because it’s usually where you find the wine. It’s the room in which everyone gathers to cook, converse and have fun. We bought our new house for three reasons. It’s our dream house and it just so happened to be in foreclosure […] More

Kindergarten is a pretty ideal place. I’d love to be there at this point in my life. I feel as if I did not properly appreciate all that the class had to offer when I was there the first time 26 years ago. I want a do-over. Looking back, I realize now that I should […] More

Rock concerts are so awesome to see, even if you are not a rock fan. There is something so uniquely special and amazing about seeing your favorite bands and artists live in person that just makes the entire event so much more awesome. There is a certain atmosphere you will not find anywhere but a […] More

Saving money rocks; saving 97% on your purchases at CVS rocks even more. But really, who has time to clip all those coupons and look up all the extras that make this kind of savings possible? And honestly, who wants to save 97% on 100 tubes of toothpaste, if we are all honest? If I […] More

What’s more fun in the midst of the summer heat than a nice, cool movie? When the entire family is tired of being in the water, when the boat is too hot, when the weather is foul and when you never want to see another popsicle again for the rest of your life – it’s […] More

My life would not be complete without the ability to binge watch a show from start to finish over the course of several weeks after the kids go to bed. It’s what Netflix is for. It all started with an episode of Scandal  that completely hooked my husband and I. That was the week before […] More

Word of mouth is pretty much everything when it comes to the things that you purchase. It’s always nice to have someone else ‘test’ out a product for you before you buy it so that you can see whether or not it is worth the money. That’s why online reviews are so amazing. You might […] More