ShareTweet Penny wise and pound foolish sounds like a funny saying, but it’s actually a pretty important concept when it comes to living a frugal life. For those of you who don’t know what the phrase means, it more or less means you sweat the small costs so much that you either end up incurring […]
Tough Love Financial Lesson 2: If You Can Afford It, Don’t Buy It
ShareTweet (Editor’s Note: Yes, I know I said “if you can afford it.” It’s not a typo. Thanks for checking though.) Today’s lesson is the second post in the tough love financial lessons series. As you’ve probably guessed by reading the title, this lesson piggyback’s the first post in the series, If You Can’t Afford […]
Tough Love Financial Lesson 1: If You Can’t Afford It, Don’t Buy It
ShareTweet Today I’m starting the Tough Love Financial Lessons series. It will be spread out over the next week or two, and will cover, as you guessed, tough financial lessons that people might not necessarily want to hear or be told. Hope you enjoy and, please, provide feedback via comments and emails! People don’t like […]
Confessions of a Miser
ShareTweet I have a confession to make – I love money more than almost anything. Don’t get me wrong, my family and friends come first, but I don’t know if I can think of anything else that would be ahead of money on my list. And because I’m this way, I’ve been called miserly, stingy, […]