I think I wrote down once that December was a time for excess and that January is a time for paring down. It seems it happens every year—after the decadence of overeating, overspending, and over-receiving, I am ready come the new year for eating healthier, spending less, and downsizing. This month I want …
Financial Friday: 10 Tips for Spending Less on Groceries
I always thought that our spending habits when it came to groceries were pretty normal (maybe because for the first six years of our marriage, we lived in a poor college town full of poor college students), but based on some of the comments coming in lately asking how we manage to spend …
Money, Money, Money Must Be Funny…In a Rich Man’s World
According to a study cited in the November 2013 issue of Shape magazine, the average woman will spend 355 days of her life worrying about her weight (about 21 minutes per day). I’d like to see the study that measures how many days of our lives will be spent worrying about money. Money has fascinated and worried me ever …
My Other New Year’s Resolutions
In addition to my 50 Weeks to Organized resolution, I’ve got a few other goals up my sleeve. Surely you didn’t think that that would be my only one? A lot of people talk about how resolutions are a waste of time, but I’m genetically programmed to want to set goals all the time, so …