It has now been 33 days of logging the extra things that I spend money on and looking back I am actually surprised. I honestly thought I never spent money on anything extra but after tallying it all up, my total for food,gas and my daughter’s birthday (which fell within the 30 days) came to [...]
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5 Frugal Things I Hate
I enjoy saving money and I adore finding ways to get what I want cheaper but there are certain frugal things that I can’t stand. Let me know if you agree… 1. Cheap Gifts I’m all for saving money and not buying people extravagant gifts, especially when you can’t afford it. I can’t stand giving [...]
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Columbus Day is My Favorite Holiday
Regardless of how you feel about Christopher Columbus’s discovery (or not) of the Americas, there is one thing you can’t deny. Columbus Day is the cheapest holiday that we, as Americans observe. And I mean cheapest national holiday. I’m fully aware of Be Bald and Free Day (October 14) and National Mincemeat Day (October 26) [...]
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6 Year Old Budget Buster
I just realized that I’ll probably be spending a chunk of change this weekend on my daughter’s 6th birthday. It’s Sunday, and in case you’re wonder why I’m just now mentioning it, it’s because I’m just now planning it. Yes, I’m definitely a last minute person and actually intended on having her first big party [...]
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Money Lessons from My Father
My birthday was yesterday, and if that weren’t enough reason to ponder the meaning of life, my dad found out he has prostate cancer today. Certainly makes it difficult to write about bills and saving money. In fact, I’m fighting myself from getting the why-does-any-of-this-matter attitude. I thought I’d note some of the things I’ve [...]
Why I Should Not Pay to Have my Hair Colored
I thought out of all of my budget cuts that eating out and giving up my favorite foods would be the hardest to stick with. I was wrong. Believe it or not, it’s my hair. Sure, I did a pretty nice job with the box hair color, but after seeing my friend yesterday and her [...]
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Personal Budget Cuts and My Options
In the last year I’ve cut quite a bit of things out of my budget for the sake of saving money. I thought I’d mention these personal budget cuts along with what’s working for me, what I miss the most and what’s working now but probably won’t for long. I’ve also mentioned my grand ideas [...]
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Fighting the Urge to Spend
Is it just me or does everyone have a difficult time telling themselves “no”. Looking at my family and how financially responsible everyone is, one might say yes, it is just me. My parents were savers. They didn’t splurge on stuff, they contemplated and saved and discussed purchases. I never once saw my mom or [...]
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Dollar Store Deals
5 things I almost always buy at a dollar store or discount store. 1. Laundry Detergent Dollar stores generally carry enough laundry detergent to choke a donkey, name brand and never heard of brands as well. With products like Tide, you’ll find that you save a couple dollars but there are also brands like Purex [...]
What Not to Buy at the Dollar Store
Cheap is cheap and I love a great bargain as much as any broke person. I’ve realized that in my area there are more dollar stores and types of dollar store than there are good places to eat. (I know I focus way too much on food). So as a broke person and a single [...]