Food Experiment: My Trip to Wal-mart

Check out my original article in this series here. Wal-mart happens to be a fascination of mine. Any business that can start from a small store on the corner of a rural town and grow to practically encompass every small and large town across the U.S. is a topic of interest in my book, regardless [...]

It’s Frugal Confessions Friday!!

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Today is another installation of the Frugal Confessions Series I am trying to launch. Read all about it here. Here goes: When I was in college, I read on a financial blog somewhere that you can use a black sharpie marker to color in areas on black shoes to make them [...]

Little Used Benefit of Being a Cardholder

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! I recently learned about price protection on my credit card, and decided to give it a try. I bought a pair of sneakers a month ago, and two weeks later, saw a sales flyer for $10 off (the same brand and everything!). I am now patiently waiting for my $10 refund [...]

My Guest Post at MyDollarPlan Blog

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Check out my guest post at MyDollarPlan: When Saying Goodbye to $1030 is a Good Idea I accepted a part-time writer’s staff position there, and will be posting once a week! Enjoy.

How to Not Save for a Downpayment

For the last four years I have saved up a lump of money for no real purpose. I knew that I would probably need large amounts of money in the future, and that one day I would like to be wealthy, so saving as much money as possible seemed like the logical step. In December [...]

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