After spending days preparing for and writing the Carnival of Personal Finance #103: The 24 Edition last week, I had to take a bit of a break from looking at carnivals and festivals. Now I'm ready to look through the 78 or so entries for this week's … [Read more...] about Carnival of Personal Finance #104 Recap
Fellow personal finance writer Henry from Binary Dollar IM'd me Sunday night while I was working on the Carnival of Personal Finance to ask my opinion of something. First, though, I'll mention that Henry authorized me to use his name in this post. He … [Read more...] about Couples at financial odds: New vs Used and so much more
You've heard me say that I'm a big fan of the Festival of Frugality before, and this week was no exception. I love reading articles about frugality because it's quite hard to NOT put in "a bit of yourself" in the articles. The topics are usually more … [Read more...] about Festival of Frugality #77 Highlights
How many times have you said "I'll do this if you do that" in your marriage, job, friendships, or life? Reciprocal activities are what makes the business world run, but they are not the best method of interacting with your spouse in a marriage (or … [Read more...] about Marriage isn’t 50/50
In my earlier post 5 Common Money Mistakes, I explained how we intelligent professionals fall into a number of money traps. Number One: Spending too much Do you have a spending plan? When I graduated college about 6 years ago, I didn't have a … [Read more...] about Fixing your money mistakes: Create a budget
A few months ago, I found out that my wife's long-time favorite Christian band, Jars of Clay, was coming to DC. Outside of Blockbuster Online, and maybe one trip to the movie theater per year, we generally don't do anything entertaining that costs … [Read more...] about We finally dipped into our entertainment budget
