Tales from one quarter-lifer's attempts to choose life
I’ve been meaning to update my blog weekly with my shopping success. However, I kind of keep forgetting. Oops. But, I have continued to plug away at learning and applying this new frugal knowledge! So far, this year I’ve scored some great free things! Here is a photo of the scores I made during a [...]
I’ve decided to make this the Year of Frugality. I’m going to see how to make this coupon/stockpile thing work for single people. oday, I took my first shot at it, and I have to say I’m pretty proud. First of all, all the shopping I did today was at Walgreens. My research has shown that they have one of the most convoluted systems for coupons and rewards, but they had an awesome deal on detergent for the dishwasher.
I decided I was going to go big or go home.
As a part of my efforts to live less expensively I am determined to eat healthfully for less. Part of this has equated to using more of my provided meal plan. Another part of it is a larger life lesson- making food that can be remade into something different. Case in point- Fajita Soup Here’s [...]
America seems to be king of living paycheck to paycheck. According to a 2007 article on CareerBuilder.com, 41% of workers in the US claim to live paycheck to paycheck. The article also says that these individuals do not save for rainy day, because they do not believe that they make enough to do it. If [...]
As of last night my Emergency Fund is complete!! Due to some poor planning last month (i.e. forgetting to budget for gas expenses for trip home) I did not complete the emergency fund prior to the end of the month. Yesterday was pay day which allowed me to move around some money in this month’s [...]
This week marked my first direct deposit into my savings account. Between that disbursement and depositing some of my Christmas money, I am now only $307 from my emergency fund goal! I’ll have another segmenthttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif deposited at the end of the month. I also think I can sit down and scrounge up enough extra funds [...]
While at home over the Thanksgiving break I started reading my dad’s copy of Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey. I couldn’t put down the book, and thought it was insightful and funny. As a result of reading that book, I’ve started the Total Money Makeover. Dave (we’re on a first name basis) outlines a [...]
