My wife and I went to Target Portrait Studios this past weekend to have a few pictures taken of us with her belly before the baby comes. We had received a coupon in the mail for “no sitting fee and $3.99 portrait sheets.” We made our appointment, walked in, showed our coupon and said “this […]
On Friday, I packed my lunch dutifully as I’ve done for the past 10 years (I eat out for lunch at work perhaps once every 3-4 months). It was hot dog day because we had a BBQ a few days prior and we had several left over hot dogs. I packed everything I needed including […]
When you shop at a place like Circuit City or Best Buy and buy an electronic gizmo, when you get to the register you’ll be asked a question like “Would you like to buy the three year extended warranty for this gizmo? It will only cost $49.99 and will cover you for three years for […]
This past weekend, my wife and I got another great deal on baby furniture. We were amazed at all of the $400 tiny changing tables that were out there, and figured we had to be able to find something cheaper. We had been looking on Craigslist, but most of the stuff on there we didn’t […]
The 110th Carnival of Personal Finance is hosted this week by Fat Pitch Financials. As always, I highlight and talk about a few of my favorites.
In the category of scary stories about what can happen to you, this article talks about your life on consumer debt. It amazing that with a relatively small amount of […]
We finally actually got the car that we bought a while back, the Honda Civic GX. We know that we got a great deal on it, and we’re really happy about it. And we paid for it in cash, so we own the car outright. It’s a good thing overall.
However, taking out the cash from […]
Get Rich Slowly posted an article about how the Co-op network is another good reason to love your credit union. I have to agree. I have had my accounts at a credit union for about 10 years now and I’ve been nothing but happy with my decision. When we go in to do a transaction, […]
Today, as with many days of the week, I got a credit card offer in the mail. It was full of the standard things like “0% APR” and “no balance transfer fee”. When I see the two of those together, I always start to think about whether I want to try what is called credit […]
Netflix is a great invention for people who watch a ton of movies. You pay your monthly fee and you get movie after movie after movie, and you don’t have to pay for each one of them. If you’re good, you’ll get your cost per DVD down to about a buck. This is great when […]
The 109th Carnival of Personal Finance is up at Mint. Here are some of my favorites:
Is a mouse an emergency? If it is going to eat up (or spoil) hundreds of dollars of stored foods it is. Living behind the curve talks about their $500 weekend on emergency money.
I check my credit report for free […]
