Tag: personal finance
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The Emotional Purchase
Emotionality is frequently the driving force behind an impulse purchase. Will the purchase of a single hat ensure that all a woman’s dreams will come true? Likely not, it was an ugly hat; not to mention, IT WAS A HAT not a magic lantern.
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Lists You Need
You may not actually need these lists at all. You may not need a Diet Coke to survive every morning. But I do. And you just might find some of them useful.
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What I Wouldn’t Do for Frugality
Our goals define largely how we view every single expense and our frugal mindset should be linked to these goals. It’s very possible to spend hardly any money at all. It’s even easier to spend all of your money at once. Neither would make much sense without considering how you envision your financial future.
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15 Little Budget Busters
Looking at your credit card statement 1 dollar here, 5 dollars there probably won’t jump out and grab your attention (unless it is at a questionable establishment; although, I don’t think you can use a credit card at those types of places). Some of these little expenses you won’t even see on your bill because…
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The Big Deal About Debt
Have you ever taken money from a loan shark where you put a pound of your own flesh up as collateral so that your BFF could woo his lady fair (see the plot for the Merchant of Venice)? The girl in me is thinking, “oh my, how romantic,” the rational human being in me is…
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Festival of Frugality #242: Poor Richard Edition
Welcome to the 242nd Festival of Frugality! This week’s edition is dedicated to none other than Poor Richard himself, Mr. Benjamin Franklin. Although mostly famed for lacking the sense to come in out of the rain, Franklin played a major role in establishing industry, thrift and frugality as American values. Poor Richard’s Almanack was published from 1732 to…