DC is no stranger to the high cost of living you often see in New York City, Miami and Los Angeles. But can you live on $30,000 a year there? This question came up on a listserv I frequent and the responses were equally divided amongst those who felt it would be damn near impossible [...]
It’s no secret that with everything going up that I’ve needed to find ways to save money. I abhor paying more than I need to for the very basics in life. Over the last few weeks I’ve tried to figure out where we can cut back to save more money. The key? Asking. Asking for [...]
Food is expensive! I’ve talked about it ad nauseum on this site because this is an important topic to me and of course to all of you. We can’t control the values of our homes or gas prices, but to a certain extent we can control how much we pay for groceries. [...]
We’re constantly inundated with the news of people losing their homes, not being able to make ends meet and being stripped down to one or no income at all. What if this happened to you? How would you make ends meet? Most of us are in in frugal mode right now because [...]
I don’t have to tell you that food prices have been on the rise right? I’d be preaching to the choir so rather than go into a long diatribe about my grocery bill, I thought it best to discuss how to plan your menu around weekly supermarket sales.
First, when planning your menus around supermarket sale, [...]
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If you’ve been following me this weekend on Twitter then you know that I had less than great time at Blogworld 2008. I liked Blogworld itself but the mess with spraining my ankle, expensive cabs and finding out how standby operates in today’s airline arena really pissed me off.
I officially hate USAIR. [...]
How many times have you set out to your local car dealership looking for the car you want but it’s not quite the price you need it to be. I’ve certainly been there with shady car salesmen trying to take advantage because they think I’m an inexperienced buyer, and, of course, a woman. I’ve had [...]
Wisebread published an article this week which detailed in part the expenses incurred when taking on a second car:
According to the American Public Transportation Association, replacing one car with a combination of walking and public transportation saves a household $8059 per year in reduced spending on fuel, maintenance, insurance, registration, depreciation, finance charges, etc. [...]
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Let’s face it, school starts in a few days, the summer is coming to a close and you need to get back into a routine for the fall and winter months. Why not make it easier by getting started on your menu planning now? Here are some tips to [...]
The Whole Foods gods must have been listening this week as we adjusted our food budget to only include organic foods. This means only shopping at Whole Foods and after reading this article, it cinched the decision as the following statement blew us away because my husband and I really try to live a [...]
