Archive for October, 2010
Saturday, October 30th, 2010
Halloween is Sunday, and you don't have a costume yet? Fear not! Here are nine quick and easy Halloween costumes that won't break the bank, and will at least give you a few groans from incredulous passersby. To make it a little more fun, I'll post the answers in the ...
Posted in Frugal Living | 7 Comments »
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
I really hope the Financial Samurai is kidding with his latest post on debt reduction and weight loss. I really hope that he's just being wacky and looking for link bait or something to further Yakeziefy his web presence. ;)
Here's his premise: Buying the plasma, leasing the convertible, and living ...
Posted in Commentary, Debt Reduction | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
This year we started our daughter on an allowance. It's probably a generous-ish allowance for a five-year-old: $2.50 per week. For "spending money" this actually amounts to $1.50 per week because we have her tithe 10% and save 30%.
I've gotten into giving this to her each week for the past ...
Posted in Budgeting, Kids and money | 5 Comments »
Sunday, October 24th, 2010
I mentioned in passing a couple of weeks back that a house across the street from us burned to the ground. I also mentioned that our family was very lazy up until that point in that we didn't have any escape plan whatsoever. Nothing like a near miss to bring ...
Posted in Insurance | 2 Comments »
