Welcome to the eigth Festival of Frugality. There’s plenty here to keep you occupied on a lazy Tuesday, and it’s good enough stuff to make it worth your while even if your Tuesday is more crazy than lazy. $20 isn’t what it used to be muse discovers that the “shrinking chocolate bar” effect isn’t limited [...]
Read More >>A while ago, I came across a store on eBay that interested me: The Organic Vanilla Bean Company. I added them to my favorite eBay sellers, and that was the extent of our relationship… until now. In case you don’t know, vanilla beans are expensive. I thought the prices were kind of outrageous until I [...]
Read More >>I’m going to be hosting the fabulous Festival of Frugality next Tuesday, so read the rules and get your submission in this week!
Read More >>Just a quick note to mention that the Carnival of Personal Finance is up over at Savvy Saver. My favorites: An unexpected benefit of budgeting @ Fearless Money Workforce @ Sitting Pretty Generation X … I mean P … I mean … @ MightyBargainHunter.com
Read More >>There are a limited number of good, free personal finance programs available, and less that are web-based and platform independent (meaning I can recommend them to anyone). So it was with great interest that I read a press release today announcing a new online personal finance budgeting application: MySpendingPlan.com. A first glance at the site [...]
Read More >>I read somewhere (I think in the Early to Rise newsletter, which I heartily recommend despite the myriad ads) that it’s a good idea to write down your personal (or household) revenue targets for the next 7 years. I don’t remember the specific logic, but I imagine it follows the standard pattern: goals that are [...]
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