My coworker lives the opposite lifestyle detailed in the Frugal Lunch article. He knows about the article. He knows I try to bring my lunch to the office. But it's "just not a lifestyle for him". He makes it harder for me to just sit in the office … [Read more...] about Not So Frugal Lunch
New Personal Finance blogger I've Paid for This Twice Already has posted this week's Carnival of Debt Reduction #101. Here's a few I liked: Matt from One Million and Beyond wrote an excellent article about the emotional impact of debt. He's right … [Read more...] about Best Debt Articles from Carnival of Debt Reduction #101
This week, The Happy Rock hosted the 88th Festival of Frugality. The festival is a collection of articles about, guess what, frugality! Here are my favorites: Queercents asks whether non-holiday gifts are better appreciated. You can figure out my … [Read more...] about Best Frugality Articles from Festival of Frugality #88
While browsing through my Google Reader last night, just after posting my 100% financed article for today, I happened upon One Frugal Girl's article "What were you thinking when you purchased your home?" where she commented on a Washington Post … [Read more...] about Is this us? Washington Post writer has a similar mortgage story
A month ago, I told you that we were backing out of this year's Marine Corp Marathon (MCM). It was a disappointing decision, but a relief, although we will be training for a 5k or 10k run starting next week. We had to wait until August 1st before … [Read more...] about Marine Corp Marathon registration transfer is complete
In my post "Against the grain: Why we chose an interest-only mortgage", I told you why we didn't get a normal 30-year mortgage when we bought our home 3 years ago. I explained why I don't think it was a stupid decision for our situation, but I … [Read more...] about Maxing out your home loan: 100% financing
