Package Therapy—How Marketing can put us More In Touch With Ourselves

What percentages of your purchases are made to quench an emotional thirst? I used to work in marketing and market research. It didn’t take me long to figure out how marketing works; you survey your target consumers and find out what their needs are, what their wants are, and you build these attributes into your [...]

Happy Monday!

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving holiday. Paul and I drove up to Arkansas to spend time with some of his family, and besides a general lack of sleep, it was wonderful. Well, I am having computer problems (as in my laptop caught a virus…and it ate its entire registry…), [...]

It’s Frugal Confessions Friday–Holiday Edition

Good morning Frugal Confessions Readers!! Happy Black Friday. If you are new to this series, check out the introduction here. Here’s my confession of the week: I am a big proponent of reusing items that are used to carry or hold other things, such as padded envelopes and bags. After each Christmas, I save all of [...]

How to Save Money on Your Wedding—Part I

According to Bridal Bargains and various other sources, the average 150-guest wedding in the United States costs around $30,000!! Ofcourse, this number is an average, so it includes the million dollar weddings as well as weddings that are $500 (as pointed out by the authors of Bridal Bargain). But based on this average, where is [...]

How I Handle Collection Agencies and How You Can Avoid them in the Future

I am sharing this experience with you to hopefully help you protect yourself from future, random calls from collection agents, like I received last week. Read through to the bottom for tips on how to avoid future headaches. Growing up, both sets of my parents declared bankruptcy within a few years of one another. This [...]

It’s Frugal Confessions Friday–Garage Sale Edition!!

Happy Friday Everyone! Today I thought we’d do something a little differently. I was approached from the author of GarageSalesTracker website to publish a short post on garage sales. In honor of that, I’d love to hear about the best item or worst item you have ever found at a garage sale, and what you [...]

My Date with Suze Orman, and her Advice in These Hard Financial Times

One of my greatest dreams was realized last week when I got to see Suze Orman live, for free, at the Texas Conference for Women!! (This only comes second to meeting Kenny G…yes, I am a Kenny G fan, and probably one of the only ones younger than 40, as evidenced by the other audience [...]

It’s Frugal Confessions Friday!!!

Good morning, and Happy Friday to everyone! If you are new to this series, here is the intro post. Here is my confession of the week: We are a two-car household. Admittedly, one of the cars (the mustang) is a gas guzzler (I know…it was one of Paul’s bachelor buys:)). When I am home on [...]

Freebies and Discounts on Veteran’s Day

Paul is a Veteran; he was a cryptologist in the Navy for six years. So Veteran’s Day in our household truly means something. As a thank you to all of you, I’d like to do a post on freebies that you can enjoy today for serving our country. Grace For Vets is Offering Free Car Washes [...]

The Lazy Person’s Guide to Financial Success

Perhaps ‘lazy’ is not the correct adjective, but if you are looking for a simple, sleek, and financially savvy plan that you can set and leave alone, then this is the article for you. If the thought of actively managing several bucket accounts, or trading stocks (after watching stock tickers or CNN each day) just [...]

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