Monthly Archives: October 2009

In the news recently have been several reports of rising or altering terms from credit card companies.  Many banks have changed their policies, raising rates by as much as 30 percent in the last 12 months or have increased minimum payments dramatically and decreased the number of days in a billing cycle- all of which [...]

Cheap Ways to Celebrate Halloween: Fright for Free
As a skinflint, I look at holidays as another source of draining my bank account. I do enjoy the celebration of these events. I just like to do it on the free or nearly free.
Why do I want to spend a ton of cash on candy only to [...]

H1N1, coupled with the early onset of the seasonal flu, make this a very unwell time period. If you are watching pennies, getting the flu can make your budget sick, too. Over the counter medication, doctor’s visits, prescriptions and lost time from work all add up to a queasy checkbook.
Keep the sniffles out of your [...]

Wasting money makes me sick. Like many recovering addicts, I’m super excitable about others falling prey to similar evils. I used to toss money by the handfuls away in big juicy stacks, never mindful of prices I paid or late fees or the actual cost of anything. Really it was horrifying.
That’s why the newest report [...]

As responsible parents who love our children, it’s a given we want to provide all the opportunities possible for them.  At times it’s hard though to know where to draw the line. How much is too much? What’s really expected?
At the time of this writing, it’s Sunday afternoon. My cell phone just chimed to inform [...]