The annual cost of driving can easily stretch into the thousands, once you've factored in the cost of fuel, maintenance, breakdown cover, parking, and insurance. The obvious method to save money on driving is to ditch the car and bike to work or use … [Read more...] about Surprising Ways to Cut Down on Driving Costs
My wife and I have very different perspectives when it comes to saving money. I take a much more passive approach, content to hunt for coupons or search for the lowest advertised price. My wife, however, takes a much more direct approach preferring … [Read more...] about Ways My Wife Saves Us Money: Liquor Store Edition
I finally did it. I peeked ahead at the 10 day forecast to see what the weather is supposed to be like Memorial Weekend.....mid to high 70's, sun, with a chance of showers. We're hosting friends and family for a party and I was very much hoping we … [Read more...] about Clever Posts Of The Week – May 16th
How much do you spend on groceries each week? If you ten different people that question, they'll most likely all spit back a number fairly quickly, but what each person defines as “groceries†may be entirely different. My family budgets $125 … [Read more...] about Increase Your Budget Accuracy by Breaking Down The Definition of Groceries
Image courtesy of stockimages / FreeDigitalPhotos.net The cashier roller her eyes at me, but I didn’t care. I knew I was right. All the self-checkout lanes were backed up, so I had wheeled my cart up to one of the express lane counters since … [Read more...] about Why I Use The Self-Checkout Lane
It's Mother's Day weekend.....do you have plans to celebrate with your mom? There's always a lot of commercials and articles this time of year about what to get mother's on her special day but I like to keep it simple. My brother's family and mine … [Read more...] about Clever Posts Of The Week – May 9th
I recently wrote a post diving into the question, “Is the customer always right?†Many of the comments revolved around how businesses will generally do what it takes (within reason) to make the customer happy with hopes of gaining returning … [Read more...] about My New Grill, and Why Is Customer Service So Hard?
The end of the weekend always seems to sneak up on me, and this past one was no exception. We had nothing of importance going, and when Friday afternoon rolled around I had two completely free days to knock some items off my “honey do†list. … [Read more...] about Starting My Week On The Right Foot
