Sorry for the lack of blog posts lately – I took a little time off from writing and now I’m ba-aacckkk! We have an incredible opportunity to go to Orlando next month, so I’m researching ways to have an awesome family vacation on a budget. I’ve always said that to me being a good steward …
Couponing without craziness: Maximum savings for minimal effort
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. …
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 …
The easiest $9,100 you’ll ever make!
Could you use an extra $9,100 a year? Who couldn’t? That’s paying cash for a nice used car, covering the cost of a year of college at a state school, or taking a European vacation, first class. And you can get this money simply by changing the way you dine out.
10 Things husbands should NEVER buy for their wives
Look for a cute pair of leather gloves in a fun color at Target. Bonus points if you coordinate the gloves with her favorite coat. For less than $20, you can really impress her with the fact that you notice she’s a head-turner.