My money and my life

1. Plan ahead. We mapped out our route and booked our hotels ahead of time, rather than looking for a place to stop. This allowed us to bu...

So one of my goals for the year is to trim the budget a little bit so that we have a little more breathing room and can start making progres...

Sometimes in life we all go through periods when we are ready to crash, when we are completely overwhelmed and can't do more. During th...

So even though I moved to a much cooler part of the country this year, I still can't seem to get away from the heat waves. Temperatures...

Around this time of year, a lot of people start to think about ways to save money and live better. I consider myself a pretty frugal person...

Around this time of year, everyone is looking for ways to save money without skimping on purchases. I'm hoping this will be the first o...

My husband and I went to a local apple farm yesterday and picked a peck of apples (haha, yeah, it makes me laugh too). For only $9, we got ...

I have a giant dirt stain in the living carpet of my apartment from a plant I overwatered about a year ago (oops). I tried to clean it with...

1. Wear clothes more than once before washing them. Unless you are incredibly dirty, pants should last at least two days. This is my favo...

1. Read a good book. There's nothing good on TV anyway, so curl up in the evening with a good junk-food type novel that is purely for ...

This week's Festival of Frugality is up at Personal Finance Analyst, and it's a great one. Some of my favorite posts: Frugal Tips f...

I cancelled my newspaper subscription this week. The truth is, I don't really read the newspaper. Most of my news I get from the Intern...

Lately I've had quite a few posts that involved, in some way or another, not going out. Before people start to think I'm a monk, or...

It's time for another Frugal Friday , and the last in my prolonged series on how to save with frugal principles. In the most famous ada...

This week's Festival of Frugality is up over at Frugal Homemaker Plus and includes my article on Lazy Green Living . Lots of great info...

Mission for Monday is a new series I'm going to try out: every Monday I'll give you (and myself) a quick mission to help save money....

1. Having more money in savings quells my anxiety about financial emergencies. 2. Having less stuff makes my house easier to clean. 3. Co...

There is really nothing I enjoy more than being lazy . Sitting with a cup of coffee and a book or taking a nap in the middle of the day are...

How to Be a Budget Fashionista by blogger extraordinaire Kathryn Finney of The Budget Fashionista is a fun little book on how to dress wel...

Since summer tends to be the time when my energy bills are the highest, I thought I'd start sharing some of my best summer energy saving...