I’m headed on vacation on Saturday, and returning on Memorial Day (I still can’t believe I agreed to travel on Memorial Day). One of the things on my “to do before vacation” list was to find someone to take care of my cats while I’m gone. I’m lucky in that they’re fairly independent and are …
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The 125th Edition of the Festival of Frugality is up, and my article on Couponing is included. If you don’t visit the festivals and carnivals that go through the blogging world every week, you really should, and you should also really consider submitting. It’s a great way to find new blogs and to bring new …
One of my guilty pleasures is “online window shopping.” No, not looking to buy windows, but rather, browsing websites just to look at things that I know I can’t afford and don’t need – at least not right now. Sometimes I look at furniture, other times it’s fun jewelry, sometimes it’s art, and sometimes it’s …
This week’s Carnival of Personal Finance is hosted by Money Under 30. My post on disaster readiness was featured as an Editor’s Pick. Thanks! Here are some of the posts that caught my eye: The Personal Financier writes on accounting for cash expenses. I sort of do a combination of his first three steps. I …
While I would like to call myself a bargain hunter, I freely admit that I am really bad at it. When big department stores have sales where there are a bunch of sale racks pushed together with many different types of clothing, often arranged by size rather than by style, I can’t cope. I try …