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Unknown expenses come around all the time and wallop us with their unpredictable amounts that we have to spend and their bad timing and their baggy pants and their loud music (dang punk expenses). But there are many “periodic” expenses in life that we are well aware of. We just forget about them as the [...]
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What if you didn’t have to spend hours every week walking like a zombie through the grocery store? What if you could have groceries delivered right to your door? Or have you already discovered the world of online grocery shopping?
I’ve written off this idea in the past as lazy/privileged/silly, but without any analysis of the [...]
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It’s 12:30 am in Boston. Are you ready to bunker down for 28 days with a variety of nutritionally balanced canned meals while the government quells the zombie infestation? I am. $96 worth of preparation. Mostly in the form of Progresso and Campbell’s.
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What is your relationship with saving money? And I don’t mean how many dollars and cents you save (or don’t save) every month. It’s more- How do you feel about savings? What doesn’t feel good about saving? What about saving is the “hard stuff” for you?
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There’s a big trend going around the internet lately. Let’s call them “deal sites.” Deal sites like Woot, Groupon, Livingsocial, and Dealnews offer discounts everyday on just about everything… electronics, vacations, restaurants, clothing, and more. Deal sites claim to save you money, but aren’t they actually just luring you into spending? These sites can make [...]
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The holiday season is pretty far behind us now, but for me this is one of my favorite seasons of the year. Call me crazy, but I love tax time. I volunteer every year helping people understand how to read their credit reports while they wait for their taxes to be done for free! (Where [...]
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Your home is your castle, which makes you a king or queen. And royalty can pretty much do whatever they want, right?
Especially something as normal as putting your stuff in a place that’s convenient for you.
If I don’t put my keys on my converted-candle-holder-to-key-holder-metal-meditating figure every time I walk through my apartment door there’s a [...]
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Cooking at home is cheaper than eating out. This is a given. But I’ve recently realized there’s a high first-time cost to home cooking.
Need 1: Forks that don’t melt when you stir a boiling pot of spaghetti
Need 2: Travel coffee mugs without plastic interiors
Need 3: The correct size baking pan so that brownies don’t become [...]
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In my search for personal finance gurus/ cool people who “get it” with personal finance I found Farnoosh Torabi. Farnoosh is a young success story, in addition to writing books and co-hosting with Jim Cramer, she has a TV show called Bank of Mom and Dad, which is conveniently available on Hulu.
Episode 1 confronts Christina, [...]
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Imagine it’s Saturday night and you just don’t want to pay the $30 it would cost for 2 movie tickets, popcorn, and a bottle of water. While the summer days are incredibly hot, the nights are warm, usually with a cool breeze. So grab 2 blankets, some snacks, your iPod, and your friends/ partner/ kids/mom, [...]
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