We recently renovated a condo on a very tight budget. I started watching all of the HGTV shows to get ideas for ways to make the kitchen look good without spending a lot of money. I didn’t end up using many of the tips that I wrote down from asking friends, watching those [...]

I’m watching 20/20 right now on ABC, and they just had a segment about how to save a bunch of money while shopping. The formula was simple. Walk into the store, show interest in buying the item, and ask for a discount.
I know that I am much bolder when it comes to [...]

Lately, I’ve been hearing tips from friends about how they save money, reading articles about saving money, and trying to come up with ways to save some money around the house. So, I decided to put together a comprehensive list of ways that we save money around the house and in our daily lives. [...]

I’ve found that people who have tried the envelope system but ended up hating it, made one common mistake. They made too many envelope categories. The envelope system of budgeting is exactly how it sounds. You create budget categories and set aside a certain money in each category and put it in [...]

Yodlee has a powerful algorithm to categorize the transactions you make in your checking, savings, and credit card accounts. However, sometimes it puts something in the wrong category, or it doesn’t categorize a transaction at all. There is a way to categorize certain transactions you make throughout the month that Yodlee isn’t getting [...]

Many personal finance bloggers have written great articles about the cost of owning a pet and ways to save money when owning a pet. I didn’t realize how much it really does cost to own a medium-sized dog. For one thing, if you don’t have children, that pet becomes like your child, so [...]

It’s about that time of year when we start daydreaming at work about basking in the sun on the beach while drinking a pina colada. Then, we wake up and realize that we need to start saving some money to make that summer vacation happen! Vacations can be a financial drain, and I [...]

Men, listen up for a minute. I know we’re lazy, and when it comes to making our girls happy, we’ll go with convenience over anything else, even if it’s at a premium price. But, if you want to win with money in your lifetime, you need to start learning how to save money [...]

One big mistake that personal financial gurus tend to make is assuming that we all live on a steady monthly income. When in fact, very many of us are salespeople that earn an income based 100% on commissions. One month you might make $10,000, but the next two months you might not make [...]

No, I’m not talking about buying from the Salvation Army or the Goodwill. Although, you can do that, too. But many of us are snobs when it comes to clothes. We want “new” clothes. We like the smell of new clothes, we like the thrill of buying new clothing at the [...]