With wedding season approaching and brides everywhere diligently planning their weddings, I wanted to share with you three simple, tasteful wedding gift ideas. These gifts are frugal, green, and never go out of style. One gift idea you can even make yourself! Any of these would make wonderful housewarming gifts or host/hostess gifts as well.… Continue reading Frugal and Green Gift Ideas
Category: budgeting
Sustainable living – for your wallet. Whatever your goals – building a nest egg, saving for retirement or traveling the world – knowing how to budget, save money, and be frugal will help you get there.
April: National Financial Literacy Month
April is the official National Financial Literacy Month. One money-managing attitude that has really helped me over the years is this: Money is money is money. It all spends the same. To help you embrace this attitude, do what I did and remove these terms from your financial vocabulary list. It really helped me clarify… Continue reading April: National Financial Literacy Month
Credit Score 101
If you’ve ever had any interest in understanding how your credit score is determined, this video is for you. My brother, Peter Werner, an attorney for a credit union in Bend, Oregon put together this excellent video about credit scores. The video is funny, informative, right on target, and clever. He performed this at an… Continue reading Credit Score 101
Budgeting 101
The 10 Golden Rules of Saving on Everything | Money Talks News. This is a worthwhile read. It's not everyday that I come across an article on the web that completely describes my budgeting and spending style, but this one does. If you want to get your financial house in shape, following these 10 steps… Continue reading Budgeting 101
Strategic Frugality: Living a Frugal Life by Choice
Frugality usually falls under two categories. People live frugally either out of necessity or because of a choice. Strategic frugality is living frugally by choice. Living life the way you want to live it and having chosen to do so. It is a type frugal living that is thoughtful and decisive. It is a conscious… Continue reading Strategic Frugality: Living a Frugal Life by Choice
Thrift Is The New Black
New-rules-of-finance-thrift-is-the-new-black: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance Just a little confirmation of what I've always believed. I love it when I'm on the cutting edge - of anything! Quick read of some "news" from Yahoo.
WordPress Resource Books
If you’re thinking about setting your own website or blog, I suggest you check out WordPress. I love WordPress. WordPress is free web software that can be used for your website or as a blogging platform. Martha Stewart, The New York Times, Yahoo, and Go Gingham, to name a few, all use WordPress. You can… Continue reading WordPress Resource Books
My Best Barter Exchange To Date
See this little, sad, pathetic sign? I found this in a dumpster and reluctantly brought it home. The truth is, I had no idea how I would re-purpose it. As it turns out, this sign proved to be very valuable. The short version of this story… My neighbor, Bruce, completely coveted this sign. He saw… Continue reading My Best Barter Exchange To Date
Rate Hikes Disguised as News
Comcast hikes rates for Oregon cable TV, Internet access | OregonLive.com. This article was in our paper Monday and is about how cable bills are going up AGAIN. At our house, we don’t have cable and never will. So, maybe I wouldn't mind cable (and I know my husband would like to have it to… Continue reading Rate Hikes Disguised as News
My Love/Hate Relationship with Costco
I love Costco. I hate Costco. I love Costco. I hate...ok, where was I? It is hard to shop at Costco and be frugal. You really have to use all of your "money-managing-super-powers" to stay within your budget and get in and out of the store in a short period of time. For me, more… Continue reading My Love/Hate Relationship with Costco
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