I’m sitting here watching a Tivo’d episode of “Extreme Couponing” where a seemingly very unhappy woman is having a coronary over whether her 60 hours of couponing labor will yeild $1,000 in groceries for $55. Her haul included a ton of sugar-sweetened drinks and sodas, cookies, crackers, cake mix and 28 tubs of cream cheese. …
November 11, 2011
Help veterans and save money at the same time
Support companies that support the Wounded Warrior project AND save money! Downloadable coupons here: http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/believe-in-heroes.aspx Click on the “savings” box to access the coupons. There are some really good, high-value coupons here! Happy Veterans Day! Thank you to all who have sacrificed and served.
November 09, 2011
Getting ahead in hard times
I know what hard times look like. My grandmother raised me on her modest income and while we never went without, the limitations of the monthly budget always loomed large. And as an adult, due to my own immaturity, selfishness and must-have-it-now mentality we got ourselves into so much debt that in order to pay …
October 30, 2011
Sometimes, ya gotta just order the lobster
Yes, I’ve been off the blog for awhile. More on that later, but in the meantime, I’m back, full of lots of thoughts of various quality and degrees of helpfulness. Today, I’d like to share how my kids are helping to nudge me out of a comfort zone. (Kids are good for that if you …
August 09, 2011
How to prepare for the worst while hoping for the best
It’s been a rough week for America. Monday saw the sixth largest single-day drop in the stock market EVER. Unemployment is still up. Wars still range on and 30 of our nation’s finest were killed in Afghanistan. Our debt rating has been downgraded for the first time in American history and our elected officials seem …
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