WAHM Wednesday! This is the first of our new WAHM Wednesday series. I will bring entrepreneurship/finance/career related posts and more importantly there will be a linkup for others to post useful and informative posts/links that will help a WAHM or wanna be WAHMs out! 20 Things the Rich Do Everyday I found this list HERE but Dave Ramsey said he got it from the dude below: Tom Corley, on his website RichHabits.net, outlines a few of the differences between the habits of the rich and the ...
Budgeting Tips and How I Budget
NOTE: I am NOT a financial advisor, this is just info from personal experience, don't try to sue me. Thanks! I'm really surprised at how many emails I'm receiving with money questions after posting about operation penny pinch, and asking for financial advice! I didn't expect to be posting more on money, but it is an important part of all of our lives, and a big part of mine especially this year so I guess it makes sense to share what lil bit I know. I'll do it in parts. ...
Operation: Get That Dough (I need a better title)
[wpsr_sharethis] Help me out girls. What's a good title for Operation: Get and save money in any (legal) way shape or form I can for a house, a baby coming soon and grad school tuition? While you're thinking about that, I'll let you in on my plan so far in the tentatively named Operation: Get That Dough 1. saving $ from 9-5 job - OK this is the "duh" item on the list and will likely contribute most to the savings accounts. I save $XXXX each paycheck to an account on everbank.com. ...
Vegas, Cheapskate Style!
OK well, not really cheapskate or we wouldn't be going at all...or we'd go and be eating frozen meals in our hostel on skid row sharing a bathroom with random other travelers. Last time we were in Vegas we got married and had a whirlwind weekend, driving straight from the airport to the marriage license bureau to dinner w/ my inlaws. Whew! It was the craziest, most emotional, most amazingly wonderful weekend of my life! When we first started planning this trip, I was all...It's our first ...
Shopping Ban Part Deux – June to November
So here goes. Part 2.In January I posted THIS great idea.And I stuck to it, until THIS happened.Now it's June, and I'm going to abstain from shopping until November 1.This includes: clothing, books, shoes, accessories, hair products (gulp), jewelry and toys (ie: house stuff).Biggest of all -- And I honestly don't know if I can even do it -- I'm adding eating out to the ban. I'm allowing myself only one date night dinner out with John, and one dinner out w/ friends each month. (starting ...
