I’m a procrastinator. Like, the hipster procrastinator—I’ve been a procrastinator since 1983 when my mom had to drive 60 minutes round trip to Moskatels in Sunnymead to buy foam balls for my 3rd grade solar system model due tomorrow. A major symptom of procrastination is perfectionism. If I can’t cut the Cool Whip lid just […]
Grocery Budget Tracking 2018: February 1–15. It doesn’t look good.
This is the 3rd post of my Grocery Budget Tracking in 2018! Can you feed your family a Clean Eating diet and still come in under your grocery budget? I’m about to find out! This is the real grocery budget of our family, who eats 15 pounds a week of pastured meat…and sometimes Poptarts. In […]
Negotiating my internet bill. Or, How I saved $432.12 by not being lazy. Found Money #3
My favorite hobby is collecting Found Money—that’s money I can access outside my regular income. Anything from coupons to credit card points to cash I earn selling my clutter counts as Found Money.” I hate making phone calls to negotiate prices on my accounts, but I hate losing money because I was too lazy to […]
What’s Your Grocery Budget? Final Spending in January! Grocery Budget Tracking #2 Jan 16–31 2018
This is the 2nd post of my Grocery Budget Tracking in 2018: Final Grocery Budget for January! Can you feed your family a Clean Eating diet and still come in under your grocery budget? I’m about to find out! This is the real grocery budget of our family, who eats 15 pounds a week of […]
Wallet Check! Gift Card Balances (I found more than $100!) — Found Money #2
My favorite hobby is collecting Found Money—that’s money I can access outside my regular income. Anything from coupons to credit card points to cash I earn selling my clutter counts as Found Money.” Found Money #2: Wallet Check! Gift Card Balances If you’re like me, you have a couple dozen gift cards laying around. I […]
What’s Your Grocery Budget? Grocery Budget Tracking #1 Jan 1–15 2018
This is the first post of my Grocery Budget Tracking in 2018! Can you feed your family a Clean Eating diet and still come in under your grocery budget? I’m about to find out! This is the real grocery budget of our family, who eats 15 pounds a week of pastured meat…and sometimes Poptarts. Why […]
My $240 Freebies Spree (no coupons)! Found Money #1
Today I took a whirlwind tour of my neighborhood to scoop up $240 in (sort of) easy freebies! My favorite hobby is collecting Found Money—that’s money I can access outside my regular income. Anything from coupons to credit card points to cash I earn selling my clutter counts as Found Money. Here’s the breakdown of […]
Get Out of Debt with Credit Card Bonus Offers: Make an Easy $636 (or more!) with these 2 Credit Card Offers!
Updated 1/9/2019 – Build your vacation fund from $0 to Disney with these two great credit card bonus offers: Southwest Visa 40,000 points and American Express Blue Cash Preferred $250 bonus! Can opening another credit card help you get out of debt? It may seem crazy to suggest opening two new credit cards to help you get out […]
