Continuing with another Monday Money article with a question for each of us to consider: Should I buy a new ______________ or used ____________________? This question we can apply to a good percentage of our purchases every year. Automobiles. Houses. Appliances....
One reason we don't change our habits and become more frugal and thrifty is it seems like to big of a change. This weeks Monday Money is about taking small steps. There are times when a major step needs to occur, like if you are spending more than you are earning and...
Last week I was having a conversation with several Fort Wayne Twitter friends about coffee shops which inspired me to write today's Monday Money article. Caffeine is our topic today. It was a dozen years ago that my soon-to-be-wife introduced me to the local coffee...
Since I wrote this, I've updated our phone service again. Read about it here. Week 3 in this Monday Money series has to do with saving $912 per year on our cellphone bill. A dozen years ago we became a cellphone family. I inherited my mom's Tracphone when she passed...
Last week I started a short series that I'm calling Monday Money. At the end of October, my wife and I decided to look at our monthly expenses and see if there were any ways to live more frugally. In the next 5 days, I found a way to save over $2500 over the next 12...
My wife decided to parody my series on Frugal Living. (It's called Monday Money and began when I found how a few changes could result in more than $2500 in savings.) She posted this on her Facebook page: OWNING OUR HOME OUTRIGHT! At these prices, who could afford not...
I few days ago I brought my old Motorola Droid smartphone back to life. It's part of my plan to save over $2500 in the next year. I am giving the details in a series I started yesterday called Monday Money. Next month I'll share with you how my Droid fit's into this...
I'm starting a short series that I'm calling Monday Money. At the end of October, my wife and I decided to look at our monthly expenses and see if there were any ways to live more frugally. In the next 5 days, I found a way to save over $2500 over the next 12 months....
Before the re-election of President Obama this week, my wife and I started doing a little financial belt tightening. We have usual been pretty good at saving a little here so we could spend a little more over there, so to speak. But as I was watching the non-stop...