When people warned me about children costing an absolute fortune, I hate to admit that they were definitely right. Besides the usual food, clothing, and recreational costs, the biggest cost would have to be education. Getting your child back to school at the start of ever year is becoming very expensive, especially when they hit [...]
Patience is a virtue. It takes some character to exhibit such levels of moral excellence, but did you know that by doing so, you could save money at the same time? Read on to find out how you can economize by emanating the virtue of patience. Have the patience to walk instead of drive. It [...]
In the good old days nearly every household had a few money boxes hiding on their shelves around the house. However now days, in the wake of a cashless society, having cash around and accumulating coin change has become rare. If there is loose change around my house my children quickly snap it up for [...]
Everywhere you go, there are temptations waving in your face making it sometimes very hard to resist an un-wanted purchase. You are literally surrounded with advertisements and gimmicks that try to entice you to spend more money. Holiday season spending The biggest and most advertised temptations are the special occasions that were originally invented to [...]
Computers and Televisions are the most widely used household electrical items. Save a bit of money by saving electricity.speed up Windows to invigorate old computers. You can have dramatically more PC speed today from your slow computer. I regularly use Skype to keep in touch with my friends and family. Recently I noticed that almost [...]
Have you ever noticed that the things you buy every week at the grocery and hardware stores go up a few cents between shopping trips? Not by much?just by a little each week but they continue to creep up and up. All it takes for the price to jump up by a lot is a [...]
Author: Mitz I know myself, I like hanging around with people that have money and if you were honest with yourself, you would probably admit to this as well. However you can get yourself in to real money trouble if you do not admit that you cannot afford to socialize with certain well off [...]
Build Retirement Savings – But Don’t Forget IncomeRoth IRA contribution here. Are you between the ages of 55 and 64? If so, you belong to a peer group that is apparently quite concerned about saving for retirement – but not at all sure how to convert those savings into a steady income stream. If this [...]
Do you write checks for everything you buy? Are you a cash only type of person? or… Are you like me and you live and die by your debit(debt)/check card? Regardless of the method you use to make your purchases, it is important to not only know what was spent, but what was purchased. When [...]
Americans get more and more in debt each year. Debt begins to pile up from credit cards and loans. This high interest debt can quickly turn into a seemingly insurmountable problem forcing you to live from paycheck to paycheck. The tips listed below will help you stop the urge to splurge and enable you to [...]




