Debt Reduction 101

Everywhere I turn there’s evidence that this summer is coming to a close – articles on various websites about back-to-school shopping, co-workers who talk about their kids or grandkids returning to school, whether it’s grade school or college … In my opinion, when you’re pre-children, post-education or both, summer vacation really doesn’t impact you. I [...]

OK – this is the craziest thing that I’ve seen in awhile, but with an office remodel coming up in my future (and a tiny budget to accomplish it with), I have to admit – I am intrigued. Imagine it … replacing the flooring in one of your bedrooms for about $70. No, you didn’t [...]

This is the first Saturday in awhile that my husband and I have been home. The morning found us in front of our computers reading our favorite news sources and columns, but then we took advantage of our down time … and then we started cleaning. While going through papers that I was intending to [...]

I saw this article today on Yahoo.com – Lonely Planet is giving away free U.S. roadtrip guides that you can download from their Facebook page. I have a note to myself to write some tips on taking an excellent, yet frugal, roadtrip, but what could be better than a free guidebook to direct you to [...]

I had to share this cheap, reusable idea for wrapping gifts. One of my coworkers recently broke her leg, so a bunch of us pitched in some funds to buy her a couple of gift certificates and some wine for her recovery (because when you have a broken leg, there’s nothing like a little merlot.). [...]

The early bird gets the worm – or in my case a couple weekends ago – the early bird was the fourth person in line at my county’s annual rain barrel and composting bin sale. Every year, the county teams up with a vendor that will sell their compost bins and rain barrels at cost [...]

Something happened to my husband and I a couple of months ago that has haunted our dreams. … We watched the “Dirty Jobs” episode where host Mike Rowe took a dirty job collecting used mattresses. What always amuses me about this particular episode is that Mike Rowe barely flinches in the face of animal poo, [...]

Now that I’m done working at the cab company, my husband and I have been fulfilling familial obligations and taking a fair share of road trips. And although we love to see our family members at the end of these journeys, one of the best parts about spending three hours in a car is that [...]

I’m going to put this out there: I’m a pretty good traveler. I lived out of a suitcase for six months when I was in my early 20s, I’m the kind of person who can go away for a weekend with nothing but a backpack and when airlines decided to start charging for checked bags, [...]

I should first start this post off by saying that I don’t typically dry clean my clothes. And as I search my mental vault for an instance where I’ve utilized dry cleaning, I draw a blank because I’m a low-maintenance kind of girl, the kind of person who has been working in a business-casual environment [...]