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Touchy Subject!

I read an interesting article today regarding awkward money situations. It was a fairly long, but the key point I took away from it was this; awkward money situations with View More...
 

Budgeting & Saving: Bookworm Tips 101

I love books, and since my husband doesn’t read, I am to blame for overflowing our apartment with a personal collection of novels. While I don’t ever intend to read View More...
 

Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness… Or Does it?

You’ve all heard the old adage, but what if money actually can contribute to a happy and fulfilled life? Of course, I’m talking indirectly – taking a bag of money View More...
 

Life of a Bride-to-Be : Wedding Budgeting 101 (Chapter 17)

The bills are all in, they’ve been paid, and I’ve been sorting through receipts and invoices to determine the final cost of my inexpensive wedding… drum roll please? I was View More...
 

Don’t Trust that Text… You Might Get “Smished”

The newest ruse called “smishing” is a variation of phishing where cyber thugs use SMS text messaging to target mobile banking customers.  Several articles suggest that we are in the View More...
 

Holiday Shopping – Unwrapped

I can’t believe there are less than two months until Christmas.  I’ve been trying to come up with ways to save some money this holiday season, so I’ve been doing View More...
 

Fall Fever

Fall is my absolute, favorite season. I love the color, the smell, the weather, the holidays and the food. I’ve heard that people who are pessimistic like fall and people View More...
 

Life of a Bride-to-Be : Wedding Budgeting 101 (Chapter 16)

I’m back! It’s over! I’m married! No more planning! Okay… so it wasn’t that bad, but I am extremely happy to be a married woman even if it’s only been View More...
 

Life of a Bride-to-Be : Wedding Budgeting 101 (Chapter 15)

Five more days until my wedding. FIVE! I believe I’ve just passed the point where I worry about the budget and now I’m worried about getting enough sleep and getting View More...
 

Life of a Bride-to-Be : Wedding Budgeting 101 (Chapter 14)

27 Days to my wedding! Oh geez. One thing I haven’t discussed at all on here is how I’ll proceed with changing my name. It’s actually a very complicated process. View More...