What are your plans for the upcoming holiday weekend? Most people remember celebrating the Fourth of July with a hot dog, a beer, and some sparklers. However, in recent years, the festivities have become elaborate and the costs of celebrating have skyrocketed. It seems that the Fourth is more about dismantling your wallet rather than [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 24, 2008
Money Hackers Network
Yay! I was added as one of the ten most recent members of the Money Hackers Network! Head on over and check out the other most recent members.
June 24, 2008
Festival of Frugality #131-Summer Savings Edition
I am happy to announce that I was included in the Festival of Frugality #131 hosted by Broke Grad Student. The theme of this week’s carnival is Summer Savings. My article, Ten Quick Tips for Frugal Living, was included under the heading, Saving Money in General.
Here are the editor’s picks:
Patience Will Keep Us from Spending [...]
June 23, 2008
Carnival of Personal Finance #158
Mrs. Micah is hosting the 158th Carnival of Personal Finance: Vampire Slaying Edition. My article, Your Financial Plan and Insurance, was included under the Assorted Instruments category. Other categories include;
economy,
real estate,
gas and cars,
career,
investing and retirement,
frugality,
debt and credit,
graduation,
money management and personal finance.
Here are the editor’s picks for best of the week:
My Incredibly Skrinking Savings Account – [...]
June 22, 2008
Sunday Favorite Five
Here’s my list of favorite posts for the past week;
Frugal Dad showcased two great guest posts; Tips for frugal living and saving money by Miranda Marquit. A great article on getting started living a frugal life. Another great guest post by Mrs. Micah called, Tools to organize ideas, a post to help beginning [...]
June 21, 2008
CVS Extra Care Bucks Update
Alright, so I posted a while back about my confusion and doubt in regards to CVS Extra Care Bucks and whether or not it would actually work for me.
I went to my local CVS and picked up both the weekly flyer and the one with the monthly deals and items that had higher ECB values.
I [...]
June 21, 2008
Personal Finance Confession
I was asked to join in on a fun little project, personal finance confessions, started by BeThisWay. Please join in and share your own confession, you don’t have to link back here, but it would be nice. If you do I’ll post a link to yours… And if you don’t have a blog, please share [...]
June 17, 2008
Free Samples Round Up #2
Free Sample of Gevalia Coffee-Get 2 free boxes of Gevalia coffee along with a travel mug. Nothing to buy, shipping is free.
Free Sample of Cetaphil Lotion- Get a coupon in the mail good for a free bottle of Cetaphil lotion.
Free Sample of Teddy Grahams Trail Mix-Click the button the says “Free product sample” [...]
June 17, 2008
The Eight Little Pigs-Festival of Frugality #130
I am so excited and honored to be chosen for the editor’s pick for this week’s Festival of Frugality with my CVS Extra Care Bucks post. It’s being hosted by Out of Debt Again and features some great articles!
Here are the other editor’s picks:
Money and Fitness Blog figures out if Shopping at Warehouse Clubs [...]
June 16, 2008
Carnival of Family Life: Father’s Day Edition
I am happy to announce that I was also included in Carnival of Family Life: Father’s day Edition hosted by Hopeful Spirit.
My article, Top Five Financial Mistakes made by Parents, was featured in the Family Finance category.
Other great articles were also featured, such as the following;
Parenting Tips and Advice
Char Polanosky shares Custom Summer Chore Chart [...]
