I got a bit of a bonanza at the credit union today.  I’ve been in the habit of asking for funny money when I go there mainly because it’s fun to spend money that’s a little unusual.  Today I was...

Dual Income No Kids posted this video about ongoing legislation that would work to rein in credit card companies.  You might think that because I manage a blog carnival on debt reduction that I’d...

I shopped at Costco on Sunday because the coupons were about to expire, and there were a few items that we usually get that were on coupon. So I did my shopping and handed them a pile of coupons...

Tonight I went on YouTube to watch a video I had found before, but came back to find that it was silenced.  The video was there, just not the sound.  Underneath the video in red highlighting was...

My wife  is very clever.  She put together a very functional corner desk for our third bedroom, which functions as her sewing room and our office.  It’s easy to take down if we need the extra...

Welcome to this week’s Carnival of Debt Reduction! I’m very pleased that more of the submissions are on-topic. This is a very good thing, and I know it will benefit everyone concerned, from readers to submitters to hosts, to have a more on-target...

Here are some posts of interest from my feed reader: Generation X Finance shows how to get your cheap books and movies. Free Money Finance tells us what not to aspire to:  being at the bottom of the financial barrel. Wise Bread hones the fine art of...

I requested a review copy of Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel, and the first time the book was sent out, somehow it got lost in the mail.  The publicist contacted me to ask if I was going to review it, and I said that I never remembered seeing it. They...

I got suckered into reading this article on MSN from the title: A $10,000 Social Security hit There was a stock photo of two obviously very depressed seniors right next to that headline.  At first I thought, “Man, the other shoe dropped fast!” but...

This economic downturn hasn’t been kind to a lot of people.  Jobs that haven’t been taken away from people have had their hours cut, their workload increased, or their cost of living allowances taken away.  Jobs that people used to be able to count...