spending

by Jennifer Derrick

Getting Household Items Without Touching Your Cash: Strange Spending Like most people, I used to factor groceries, toiletries, and household items into my regular budget. The cost of those ... read the story

by David G. Mitchell

Good Reasons To Spend Money There are a lot of reasons to spend money and each of us has his or her own. Our attitudes and perspectives are forged o... read the story

by Jennifer Derrick

Why Pay to Feel Bad? I’ve written before about how we’ve cut out cable TV, preferring instead to use Netflix and over the air cha... read the story

by Sadie Morris

A Life Without Debt: A Different Kind of Judgement I’m a huge Star Wars nerd and many of my favorite quotes come from the Jedi Master, Yoda. My personal favorite is ... read the story

by Jeffrey Strain

Fast Food Hamburger Ad vs Reality Have you ever wondered why the look of fast food is always so much different in the ads than it is in reality? It’... read the story

by David G. Mitchell

How To Avoid Looking Cheap I need to buy new sneakers today. I know this because when I took my dog for a walk this morning, the plastic heel guard... read the story

by Jennifer Derrick

Ten Things I Want to Buy, But Won’t I, like a lot of people, have a list of things that I would like to own. There can be a lot of fun in...... read the story

by Amy L. Fontinelle

Standards for Living Expenses If you’re trying to scale back your spending and live within your means or just save a little more each month, how... read the story

by M. Beddingfield

Trash the Budget and Get Happy In 2008 you worried and logged every cent you made. You made out a budget and tried to stick to it. Every month you fail... read the story

by James Hendrickson

How to Offset the Cost of Luxury Al Gore offsets his carbon footprint. Volunteering for your community is offset for minor crimes. If you can offset thos... read the story