Archive for May, 2007

Examine Your Last Credit Card Bill

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

This post is about as close as I'll ever get to advocating that you start a monthly budget, but it is something that I've done over the past couple of months that has really helped me reduce the amount of money that I've spent on useless "want" items. If you're anything ...

How Stores Trick You Into Spending More

Monday, May 14th, 2007

While scouring over Digg, I came across a very interesting (and popular) article from MSN Money which talks about the different ways that stores trick you into spending more money. Upon first glance, these tricks seem pretty subtle, but the more you think about them the more obvious they ...

Do a Little Spring Cleaning

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

While today's topic really isn't too much about saving money - although it might help you make a couple of bucks - it'll help you declutter your home and make your living space much more presentable. If you're anything like me, you've got tons and tons of stuff around your house ...

Real Estate’s Coming Death Rattle

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

Lately there's been rampant speculation on where the housing market will go from here; you've got the optimists who say that we've hit the price floor and the market will only go up from here, you've got the pessimists (like me) who say that the worst is yet to come, ...

How to go About Getting a Raise

Sunday, May 6th, 2007

First off, I apologize for the amount of time between posts - last Saturday I thought it would be a good idea to go ahead and strip and restain my deck. I thought that I would be done in a day or two, but unfortunately I was off by ...