On a scale of super cheap to cheap, I’ve just hit SUPER DUPER CHEAP.
I had to pick up milk and some cheese for the week, and as I left the grocery store I saw coupons the store prints out with certain purchases… blowing around in the parking lot.  These coupons are usually pretty good, even […]

With all of the students going back to college, there is all kinds of free stuff available to you and your family, and all it takes is a short walk around your nearest campus.
Yesterday I got or saw the following for free:

6 month’s cable internet service (the technician gave me a big guy’s number and […]

…and do it NOW!!!
This is typically the highest-interest debt that people obtain, and maintain.  With many Americans owing over $10,000 to credit card companies, it is an epidemic.
How do I kill credit card debt?

Get all your cards in order, write down the balance (how much you owe) APR (the interest rate) and how much the […]

Over the long weekend I took time off, unplugged the computer, shut myself indoors, and I organized.
 I have lots of stuff that I’d just been putting off and piling up, then shoving it into a box somewhere and starting new piles that got shoved into subsequent boxes.
I’m not the best person for organizing by any […]

Say you’re like me, you own a car, and your hood release lever doesn’t work.  I have several options to fix the car.
1.  I can try to fix it myself and risk breaking additional things.
2. I can go into debt to have someone else fix it.
3. I can access my emergency fund.
So what do you do […]

Well, it’s that time again.  Let’s look at last month’s goals, see where we stack up, and then discuss goals for this month.

40 posts was an ambitious goal, and it really drained my mental energy, I only achieved 32 posts, not what I would like.  The quality of some posts suffered too because of the […]