This is a guest post by PF blogger The Weakonomist @ Weakonomics.com. He is a twenty something who works for a major bank and unlike most PF blogger has stayed debt free. For those who aren’t familiar with his blog, click...
I can’t believe the year is half over. Summer is flying by! For any new readers just joining us, I track my family’s monthly expenses. Below is the tally for June 2009: $1038.54 – Mortgage $664.10 – Health Insurance $618.00...
Have you noticed how expensive it is to get old? No, I’m talking about supplemental Medicare insurance either. I’m talking about birthdays! I turned 34 not to long ago. And to mark such a momentous occasion my wife decided that we should...
In the comment section of April’s expense report I was asked by Single Guy Money,”What made up the ‘Household Misc’ category?” My answer was: The household misc category is made up of misc items. It’s stuff like: toilet paper, bug spray,...
Remember when I caught grief about spending $140 on a reissue of my favorite band’s debut album? In case you forgot, I also talked about it here. Well it just occurred to me that I never reviewed Pearl Jam’s Super Deluxe Edition of...
I just got back from picking up my two boys, age 16 months and 3 1/2 years, from pre-school. It was their first day. After years of in-home single sitter care both boys were ready for something else. The youngest is...
We’ve hit the road each of the last three weekends. The weather was gorgeous and we had fun destinations to look forward too. But one thing we didn’t have was air conditioning. Luckily it wasn’t too hot yet, so the suffering was kept...
The following is a guest post by DebtKid, who writes about his journey to get out of debt, and achieve financial stability. He runs a small software development company in Seattle and just launched a new coupons section on his blog....
Lately I’m becoming an expert on the psychology of spending money, and it’s all thanks to my trusty radio. Last month I wrote about a story I heard on NPR which said that we can save money by carrying big bills. Earlier...
I haven’t been hiding our expenses, but the truth isn’t we haven’t really been paying attention. Since we’ve gotten rid our debt except for the mortgage and established a fully funded emergency fund, we have earned the right not to budget. ...
