I also had the opportunity to chat withVanessa,Nelson,Marissa,CountryGirl,Simon,Kerry,Frugal Trader,Avrex Money, andCanadian Couch Potato. They basically convinced me that Ihadto go self-hosted, and it wasn’tthathard. Country girl was on the ball, and 2 weeks later, she had a new websi...
aAssuming that others will think less of you for being broke is a form of mind-reading. While it's true that some people will judge you unfairly and unkindly, it doesn't mean that everyone will. The person that you think is putting you down may in fact admire you for your frugal li...
Read More » November 10, 2024 Can’t Afford Christmas? Being Broke is No Joke! If buying presents for friends and family stresses you out every year because you can’t afford Christmas, you are not alone. And if you are on a tight budget like me, it can make planning for the holi...
but flights tend to be more expensive than from LAX or Long Beach. Long Beach is a much smaller airport, and you can get good pricing if you are flying from other Western cities. However, you may not get a great flight (or even a flight at...
Not any more. Here are the simple steps you need to take. STEPS TO BUILD WEALTH AND BECOME RICH How To Save Money When You’re Broke Photo Credit: Deposit Photos. When you have no money, the idea of saving sounds impossible. In fact, for many people, the idea never cro...
What!?! She also said he needed to sharpen them at the beginning of the day and if both broke, he would be without a pencil as he could not get one from the community jar, since he wasn’t willing to share his. This infuriated me. Why could he just not keep the extra 6 pencils...
I began to spend less on bringing my debt down and more on building emergency savings. I also broke the rules and got a car loan for my Prius. It totally goes against the baby steps and the rules. I won’t justify except to say with a 130 mile round trip co...
To start with, I put myself on a shopping ban in an effort to curb unnecessary spending on non-essential items and focus on taking stock of the material possessions I already owned. I also vowed to be more frugal in the supermarket by cutting my weekly grocery budget in half and trying...
The Democratic National Committee raised $7.75 million in July and ended the month with $9 million in the bank, far behind its GOP counterpart, its latest filing with the Federal Election Commission shows. The Republican National Committee earlier reported raising $20.8 million, and has $46.6 ...
As such, they tend to be more conservative than even they would like, at least at the start and until they make the mind-shift. I don’t think there is an assumption that “being frugal” = “unhappiness”; I think the assumption is that people *may* be happier if they let go a ...