Archive for January, 2011
Monday, January 31st, 2011
This is a lighthearted response to JD Roth's laundry agreement that he has with his wife. The sound-bite version of this fascinating agreement goes something like this:
JD and his wife, Kris, have kept their finances separate throughout their marriage.
JD despises doing laundry and would do it only if there were ...
Posted in Budgeting, Personal Finance | 2 Comments »
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
My wife's laptop is showing signs of getting ready to fail, so I've been looking around for the past couple of days for replacement options. Since "buy used when it makes sense" is one of the very best money-saving tips I can give, part of my research involved looking for ...
Posted in Deals and Steals, Frugal Living, Shopping | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
In Part 1 of this series, I explained the motivation for cracking out Quicken to get a handle on our family's finances for this year's tax season and beyond. I began by entering our primary checking account's transactions for 2010. Along the way, I created accounts in Quicken for the ...
Posted in Bargains, Basics, Organization, Taxes | 2 Comments »
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
I'm a tad late to the party on this one, but if you act within the next nine hours or so, you can snag a $20 Amazon.com gift card for only $10 at LivingSocial.com!
This is pretty rare. Unlike most other online merchants, Amazon.com usually doesn't have a lot of coupons ...
Posted in Deals and Steals | 2 Comments »
