When hubby and I bought our home, it was to be a true starter home (small 3 bed, 2 bath ranch.) Of course thanks to greed and stupidity of others, the housing market ...
It's that time of year when I do our 5 year financial plan, take a look at our long term financial health, and figure out our current priorities.
Well, I just did ...
I've been home since 2004. My son was born in 2005 (March) but my husband took a one year assignment in D.C. while I was first pregnant, and I decided after the firs...
We are considering kid #2 and I just did some math and it ain't pretty! We literally can't afford another kid because of day care costs. Even if I quit working, we'...
Usually we have at home parties. I think we have great parties. We go all out, but I try to be smart and frugal about things. I plan plenty to do, shop smart and t...
I'm at a loss. I am usually really good at creating financial plans that we can meet, but in the last few years, with stagnating salaries, etc. we just aren't making ...
Over the last few years the price of food has gotten very high. I am trying to figure out if I am doing something wrong or if other people are spending as much as I ...
So my husband is in the army and as people have been hearing on the news that a lot of places might be on a government shut down. the military may not be getting paid...
My 10- and 13-year-old children attend a small parochial school and most of the families there are pretty much middle-class. Both complain that everyone else in thei...
Hi everyone. My son is turning 6 soon. I want to throw him a frugal birthday party but don't want to have it at my house for various reasons. He doesn't want to do a ...
