Budget Busters: Areas For Improvement
I sat down tonight to review last month’s budget, and I overspent in a few categories. Why? Primarily, I’ve been this month and I never took that time to really look at how much money was “slipping through the cracks” in my system. Here’s my personal list of areas for improvement, and [...]
Follow My Every Move
Debt Monster recently introduced me to twitter. What is twitter? Good question. It’s this strange site where you blog about what you are doing and posts are just a few sentences long. If you’d like to find out what I’m doing, follow me here: http://www.twitter.com/NCN. If you have a twitter [...]
Reader Poll: The Results (Smallest Balance Or Highest Interest Rate)
In a recently poll, I asked readers to vote for the best method for reducing debt.
Number of votes: 182
Votes for Method 1 (Pay smallest balance first.): 87
Votes for Method 2 (Pay highest interest rate first.) 95
As you can see, the numbers are very, very close. With just over 52% of the vote, [...]
Frugality On The Golf Course… Really? Are You Sure?
I love to play golf. I love to save money. Here’s how I do both.
I take my own sodas and bottled waters in a small cooler.
I purchase tees, gloves, and balls online. If you wait until you are at the clubhouse to buy supplies, you’ll pay two or three times the price for the same [...]
10 Inexpensive Toys My Kids Love
Sitting here Sunday evening, thinking about what to write. My daughter, 7, and my son, 3, are playing in the other room. As I watch them, I notice that, even though they are surrounded by a roomful of toys, they choose to play with the following inexpensive items:
My son is busy rolling two tennis balls [...]
Visa Extras Is Now (For Wachovia Customers) Wachovia Possibilities Rewards
I mentioned before how I registered my debit card at Visa Extras so that I can earn bonus points whenever I use my debt card. Well, apparently, individual banking institutions have started to use the Visa Extras interface to create their own debit card bonus rewards websites. I received an email from my [...]
