Well, its Monday…again. And even though it is the start of the work week again, I can feel good because this weekend my wife and I spent about a grand total of $30. Saturday we spent the day in South Pasadena and Chinatown all by taking public transportation (hard to do in Southern California) [...]
Oh how I wish we could do this. We tried…we really did try. I went and bought a pretty expensive (well, more than $9) antenna, hooked it up, turned it on and….nothing. Snow. Static. Nothing. Seems that my building does not get good reception. I should have known since between our current cell [...]
After reading the post over at The Weight of Money titled “Keep Personal Finances Personal” I started thinking about what Donna said. Then I went and read through not only my last 20 posts or so, but also went through the latest posts on PFBlogs.org and PFBlogs.com to see what they looked like.
I think [...]
So it seems living in California does not exempt me from freezing my a%& off. After seeing growers losing over a HALF A BILLION dollars in citrus, I expect to see oranges going for about $11.59 a piece soon. Anyways, Happy Friday!
There is a very easy way to return from a casino with [...]
I came across this interesting article over at MSN Money that listed the 10 kinds of insurance that you probably do not need and thought I would share it you. Mind you this list is not all inclusive or exclusive; but rather a nice guideline for people new to buying insurance so you do [...]
Forget personal responsibility…forget paying off debt…forget saving for a rainy day…SPEND IT WHILE YOU GOT IT! The Doomsday Clock has moved 2 minutes closer to midnight; if you have money, go buy a plasma tv! Go on vacation! Buy yourself a Starbucks coffee this morning!
The Doomsday Clock: Nuclear threat to world [...]
Trent over at The Simple Dollar always seems to come up with some great posts. He is a posting machine! I enjoy reading his blog every day, and today was no exception. One of his posts today is “Evaluating Your Expenses – Life Insurance” which should be required reading, especially for anyone with [...]
Looking for a way to save a few bucks? Give up the bottled water.
My wife and I used to only drink bottled water back in the day; we were afraid of the municipal water supply in our area of town. However, as we became more environmentally aware, we started looking at the [...]
On this fine Tuesday morning, Fire Finance has gone and put up a great Festival of Frugality. With over 25 great posts on frugality, there is a lot to see over there!
Some of my favorites from this week’s festival are:
Frugal? Cheap? Voluntary Simplicty? Definitions! from No Credit Needed. See, there is a difference [...]
I received an email this weekend asking about good places to have financial accounts, as the emailer was not sure what investment companies were good, bad or ugly. So I wanted to write out this list about where we keep our money for various things like retirement, emergency funds, etc and hope it answers some [...]
