Layering Your Deals

Lately, a favorite indulgence of mine has been tiramisu. As my fork slides effortlessly through the moist, succulent layers, slicing through the cream and cake, my taste buds heighten their awareness in anticipation of the flavors to come. Each bite offers a continuum of various flavors, with a different essence from each layer. Then, the [...]

A Trade Secret of Frugality

Much of personal finance is really quite simple. Earn money. Spend less than you earn. Save the extra. However, mastering these seemingly easy concepts is difficult for many people. You know you should set a budget, but it seems so complicated and limiting that you never quite sit down to do it. You have a [...]

Environmentalists Have it All Wrong…in the Way They Market to People

Being Environmentally Sound Saves you Money

Liquidate Your Past and Invest in Your Future

Please note: If you are my ex and are reading this, then it is not your jewelry I pawned! Ever since being engaged (we are E+ two weeks now, as my fiancée likes to keep track of time after the big day), I have had this consuming desire within me to organize, de-clutter and simplify [...]

How to Save Money on Your Wedding—Part II

Check Out: How to Save Money on Your Wedding Part I.   Our wedding was on April 17, 2010, and we were thrilled with the results. Here are some additional ways we have managed to save money on our wedding (remember from the first article that average costs are from the book Bridal Bargains): Music/DJ for [...]

Scan Artist

“Ma’am, it won’t take this coupon.” After scanning the coupon for the third time and hearing an annoying beep, the cashier presses the total button on the cash register and hands me back my coupon with a sorry-can’t-help-you smile dripping off of his face. I hold my hand out towards his, pushing the coupon back. [...]

It’s Frugal Confessions Friday!!

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! If you are new to this series, check out the introduction here. I’ve been dying to share this one with you: Since moving into our new home in September, we have wanted to get rid of a mid-sized evergreen tree that is planted along our fence line. It doesn’t go with [...]

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: I made my credit card company pay me this week. That’s right–$35 in my pocket thanks to Citibank. The first $5 is through a price protection program that they offer. I purchased a [...]

Turns out Duct Tape Cannot Fix Everything: Things I Learned during our Free Energy Audit

It is nice to have an experienced professional come into your home and objectively review its inefficiencies without an ulterior motive; AC repairmen want to sell you products, and home warranty companies want to hide your home’s defects so that they do not have to pay to have them fixed. But an energy audit from [...]

9 Ideas for Some Frugal Family Fun

As an adult I occasionally daydream about certain times during my childhood. When I’m in my cubicle on a summer afternoon, it’s not nostalgia for Nintendo, Gameboy, or shows from TGIF that puts a smile on my face; it’s the more homegrown fun we had. I can remember my father playing badminton with us in [...]

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