Personal Finance Carnivals

This week I participated in two personal finance carnivals; The Festival of Frugality #136-Summer School Edition, hosted by Student Scrooge, as well as the Money Hacks Carnival #23-It’s gotta be the shoes! hosted by Can I Get Rich on a Salary.
Student Scrooge put a fun spin on this week’s carnival submissions by organizing them into [...]

Blog Update

I will not be posting on this blog with as much frequency as I have been up to this point.  I will continue to write a post a week for my series, “A Family Guide to Living on Less“, as well as my weekly, “Super Freebie Friday” post, and the Saturday “Weekend Roundup” posts.
I am [...]

Carnival of Personal Finance #163-”Quotable Quotes”

I participated once again in the Carnival of Personal Finance, this week hosted at You Need a Budget.  The theme for the week is “Quotable Quotes“.  My article, “How Deep is the Hole You’re In?” was featured under the budgeting section.  Head on over to check out the other great articles!
Here is a sampling of [...]

Weekend Round Up-The Birthday Edition

I have four birthdays in my immediate family inbetween July 21st and July 29th. These include; my brother, my mother, my husband, and my son. It’s a busy week around here! Here is my round up for the weekend, comprised of great birthday related posts from around the blogosphere!

The Simple Dollar presents, [...]

Super Freebie Friday

Free painless glucometer
Get a free glucometer form Liberty Medical.
Free forensics info kit
Interested in a career in forensics? Get a free kit form Degree USA.
Free super sampler pack
Quality Health is giving out a pack with samples of products like Welch’s, Kleenex, Neosporin, Tylenol, Snuggle, Centrum and more!
Free Metamucil
Get a free sample of Metamucil berry [...]

Creating a Budget

This is the third post in my series, A Family Guide to Living on Less. If you missed the first post, “How Deep is the Hole You’re In?”, go read it! Be sure to read, “Luxuries and Necessities” as well. Each post builds on the previous one, so it’s best if you’ve [...]

10 Ways to Save at the Grocery Store

I’ve already shared 25 ways to save money around the house as well as 18 ways to save money when hitting the road. Today I’ll share 10 ways to save money while at the grocery store.

Food For Thought
Watching your order total at the checkout can be daunting. Take these steps to help ease the pain.

Plan [...]

Recycling Basics

I found this great article at Earth Easy about basic recycling tips. I hope you find it as useful as I did!
Recycling saves energy, landfill space and natural resources.
Home recycling requires a trivial amount of time, yet offers substantial benefit to the homeowner as well as the [...]

Personal Finance Networks

Over the past few months as I’ve browsed the internet, I’ve come across some great social networking sites that focus on personal finance. I thought it might be nice to have all of them in one place, so that others can join in the fun!
Personal Finance Buzz-PF Buzz is a social media site that [...]

Luxuries and Necessities

In my first post for the Family Guide to Living on Less, I talked about the importance of assessing your financial situation and establishing a budget. Today’s post will focus on distinguishing between luxuries and necessities.
A luxury is a “want”–a desirable thing to have to increase comfort and make life more interesting and fun. [...]