Overall, figuring out your money sounds simple. Money comes in, money goes out. Figuring out your money can be as simple as in and out. Or figuring out your money can be a lot more complicated. How about we try…
12 Things I Quit Buying to Help Save Money
Spending my life working hard at low paying jobs, money has always been tight. Every month I had fixed expenses that always needed to be paid – rent, phone bill, and car insurance. There were other necessary monthly expenses that…
When the Daily Grind is all About Coping and Survival
I read a blog post written by a sincere, well meaning person. It’s a personal finance blog about helping people save money for retirement, cars, travel, set up an emergency fund, and paying down debt. Married with the double down…
How Sweet – My Credit Card Misses Me!
Check it out! I just got this email from Rogers Bank, where I have a Fido Mastercard. Aw, how sweet! My credit card misses me! Well, at least the bank that owns the credit card misses me… Too bad!…
Nobody Cares More About My Money Than I Do
It’s boggling to see where we were at the beginning of the year and thinking about financial goals and challenges. Three months later we had to adjust our thinking as the coronavirus pandemic spread across the world. Many of us…
13 Tips to Save Money by Reducing Food Wastage
Are you like me and go out and buy a cabbage for a recipe you’re making? Maybe a bottle of vegetable juice for Instant Pot Manhattan clam chowder? After that item is used, it languishes at the back of the…
Now that Christmas and your Money are Gone…
It’s time to follow up on a post from late 2019 about Christmas stress caused by lack of money. January credit card statements have been rolling in with the bad news on how much Christmas shopping you did. The big…
Who’s Taking Care of the Finances?
There are many women out there who’ve never taken care of financial matters. It’s not because we’re not smart enough. It might have been how we were brought up or maybe it’s just the dread and avoidance when it comes…
How I lost over 200 Pounds!
Ha ha! As you can probably tell by the photo, this is more about a break up story than a weight loss story. But if that’s what you’re looking for – I did lose a good deal of weight recently,…
Quit Eating your way into Debt!
In a previous post I wrote about how a clean kitchen helps to lower the food bill. “The kitchen is dirty” is an excuse to eat out so you don’t have to deal with cleaning up the mess. And then…
