Mr. Credit Card hosted an excellent story format for the 82nd Festival of Frugality this week. The Festival is a compilation of articles about frugal living, submitted by their authors. Here are my 5 favorites: Trent at The Simple Dollar … [Read more...] about Best Frugality Posts from Festival of Frugality 82
I really could have done this last month, but I didn't. You may know that we started with a peak of $20,000 in credit card debt (I say "we", but I mean "I"). I can't remember the exact amount, but I left college with about $15,000 in credit card … [Read more...] about Major Milestone: Credit Card Debt
A couple months ago, I talked about how sharing money works for our marriage, and one comment really stood out. I want to reprint the comment in its entirety here. I won't share any of my own ideas about the method that Tim and his wife use in their … [Read more...] about Joint Accounts: One for you, One for me, One for us
We've found the first stupid person in the iPhone sales comedy: Watch the stupid lady spend $1,300 for an iPhone If you can't watch the video, here's the short of it: Lady brings $16,000 cash to buy up all the iPhones at an AT&T store … [Read more...] about Read the Fine Print: Paying $1300 for a single iPhone
We have too many accounts, and I can't handle the overwhelming feeling of clutter and confusion, even though they're just sitting there minding their own business. We have: 2 Checking Accounts (Bank of America is primary) 5 Savings Accounts … [Read more...] about I can’t handle all these accounts!
I was so busy planning to get a motorcycle this weekend that I forgot to submit to the carnivals this week. But I still slogged through all 91 entries in the latest Carnival of Personal Finance edition held by The Digerati Life and picked my … [Read more...] about Best finance articles from Carnival of Personal Finance #106
