It’s Frugal Confessions Friday!!!

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! I hope everyone is well–I have missed you guys:). Paul and I are back from our honeymoon (actually we flew home late Monday night). Well…we will lovingly call hanging out with our family and friends, and a few days in my family’s cabin in the mountains of PA our honeymoon #1, [...]

Added Value Convenience Foods that are Not Worth It

I was watching a show on Saturday night, ‘Til Debt Do us Part’, and was utterly shocked that one couple (no kids) had managed to spend over thirteen hundred dollars in one month on just eating. How could any couple manage to do that? If Paul and I ate to satiate our wildest gastronomical dreams for [...]

Frugal Confessions Friday

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! For those of you new to this series, check out the introduction here. Here is my confession of the week: We are about to embark on a 2.5 week trip away from our home…and we have a cat and fish who need care every few days. Instead of paying for a [...]

One of the Luxuries Money Can Buy: Sanity

For those of you who have never had a wedding, let me explain the mindset that I am in. Our wedding is less than two weeks away, and while all of the large details are taken cared of, there are about 30 smaller details still left. These details include anything from tux pickup, marriage license, [...]

Using the Psychology of Poverty to Save Money: Have I Gone Too Far?

 “We can’t afford that.” I’ve said it. It could be a new flat screen television, or even a half gallon of Blue Bell ice-cream, but it doesn’t matter; this conversation has come up over and over again in the last 9 months that we have lived together.                 Paul stops me. “Yes, we can afford [...]

Frugal Confessions Friday

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! For those of you new to this series, check out the introduction here. Here is my confession of the week: Not only do I love to save Paul and I money, but I love to save my friends and family money! My friends and family in PA threw me a fabulous [...]