I get a lot of questions from readers about how they can save money on their smart phone plans and internet service bills. I don’t have a good answer for you on how to save money on your smart phone service because I don’t have one. So far, this has been a smart, money saving… Continue reading Saving Money on Smart Phone Bills
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How to Buy a New Car in Your Jammies!
This is a guest post from my fabulous friend, Annie Kip, who is the creator of the blog "Plenty Perfect." Yep, that says 6:24 - A.M.! And that is me, in my jammies, shopping for a car. It was easy. It was fast. I got a great deal. What more can you ask? Here's how you,… Continue reading How to Buy a New Car in Your Jammies!
Summer Travel and Guest Posts
With our family traveling to Spain for our 8th home exchange, I’ve got posts lined up to keep the momentum going here at Go Gingham! We’ll be staying in small family run hotels (called a hostal in Spain), hostels, home swapping, and camping while in Spain. I haven’t figured out how I’m going to bring… Continue reading Summer Travel and Guest Posts
Go Gingham Food Philosophy
Food is life. Food is life, isn't it? Whether you’re at home, at the office or traveling, life centers around what to eat for the next meal. So much of our day is spent eating food, shopping for food, cooking food or thinking about food. What to eat? When to eat it? Where to eat? … Continue reading Go Gingham Food Philosophy
Why You Should Balance Your Checkbook
Why should you balance your checkbook? It's so important, I've got several reasons. Nearly as important as why you should balance your checkbook is how you balance your checkbook. By using your hand with a pencil on paper, and calculator, you will better understand your statement. I know it seems old fashioned, passe, or even… Continue reading Why You Should Balance Your Checkbook
Travel Packing
One thing I’ve learned when packing for a trip or packing for travel, less is always better. Whether you’re packing for a 1-week trip or a 1-month trip, you need about the same amount of clothing. Packing fewer items means your bag is lighter to carry around, there are fewer items to unpack when you… Continue reading Travel Packing
Speak Up, Please!
Since the launch of my professional site, I’ve been busy scheduling speaking engagements, being interviewed, and trying to learn how Google calendar works. Google calendar has proven to be the most challenging for this old-fashioned gal! After realizing I had created several calendars all called the same thing with duplicate dates sprinkled about, I’ve got… Continue reading Speak Up, Please!
A New Roof
I’m happy to report that our new roof is installed and finished. I’m even happier to report that I didn’t have to do anything for it. Well, I take that back…I spent 2011 telling my husband that 2012 was the year of the roof and that we were going to pay someone else to install… Continue reading A New Roof
DIY Project We Did Not Do Ourselves
We’re having the roof on our house replaced this week. You might be wondering why we’ve hired a contractor – even our daughter asked why we weren’t replacing the roof ourselves – since we generally do all of our home improvement projects ourselves because it saves lots of money. The truth is, we replaced the… Continue reading DIY Project We Did Not Do Ourselves
Just Get Started Today
Sunday: Goals and Taking Action Now that we’ve had the whole series of topics from Women’s Money Week and I’ve shared with you my ideas, thoughts, and experiences, what will you do to just get started today? Do you have short-term and long-term financial goals? Have you tracked your household spending? Have you set-up a… Continue reading Just Get Started Today