Personal Finance and Lifestyle Guide
We all want to be a bit more frugal; I know that I do. I know that I can be a bit excessive in some areas of my life, but other areas are less important to me and it’s not a bad idea to be more frugal in a situation like that. My family likes […] More
No is a full sentence; trust me. No. No. No, thank you. No, I don’t think so. No. There is no need to follow up that one word, one syllable sentence with anything else. All you have to say is no. It’s not easy, I know this. Trust me. In my nearly 33 years in […] More
Being paid $58,000 a year may seem like a sweet salary to those starting out in the working world; however, it only stretches so far in today’s economy, even if you are a single person with no dependents. Many workers who could go after a higher salary, say 80K, stay stagnant for several reasons, most […] More
Let’s be honest here; college is not cheap. It’s been about a decade since I was there, and I remember thinking that it was pretty expensive back then. From what I understand now, though, it’s a lot more expensive. It’s difficult for me to imagine that the cost of tuition and books has gone up […] More
There’s a running joke in my household (it occurs to me I write that once a week or so, and that I am clearly the butt of everyone’s jokes) that I cannot become attached to a card number. I once was able to rattle of my card numbers and expiration dates and CV codes without […] More
From conception through college graduation, raising a child is a costly endeavor. Although it’s impossible to target an exact number, listing childcare categories and itemizing them into child expenses can help predict an estimate. Let’s take a look at some of the main expenses we’ll be dealing with when raising a child form the ages […] More
Considering that nearly half of all Americans watch cooking shows at least occasionally, it seems crazy that you could actually get paid to do it, but you can. Through a site called SwagBucks you can turn something you enjoy doing into cash; simply register, watch and claim your loot. How Does It Work? The concept […] More
Just this morning as I sipped my coffee on the couch after an hour of work in my home office, I quickly remembered that our vacuum bag is almost full and I need some more bags. I logged into my Amazon account and ordered a few to be here in two days with my Prime […] More