There are so many great websites out there that can help you save time and money. I have a number of favorites, including del.icio.us for bookmarks and Google Reader for following feeds, and of course, Blogger for creating this website, but below are some of my more recent finds. Posted this morning on Wise Bread, …
It’s Monday morning, and you know what that means. Time for the Carnival of Personal Finance and the Festival of Frugality! My post on credit reports is in this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance. Check it out, it’s a Valentine’s Day edition! I’m still going through the Carnival, and haven’t gotten a chance to look …
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I recently purchased and began using YNAB. I wanted to post a quick update about how my new budgeting system is going. To recap, my previous method of budgeting was “Put $X into savings at the beginning of the month. Then spend less than what’s left because that …
Today, a co-worker casually mentioned that in preparation for a new job involving a background check, he got a copy of his credit report and discovered that there was a credit card in his name with an outstanding balance. He knows that he didn’t open this card, and is in the process of figuring out …
I participated in this week’s Festival of Frugality, hosted by BeingFrugal.Net. Some of my favorite posts are: The Importance of Delayed Gratification – I’m getting much better at this, but it’s always a good lesson. Buy Nothing New For a Year – I couldn’t do it. But it’s an interesting theory. Maybe for a month. …