Gather Little by Little

I visited our local Christian bookstore last weekend primarily to to pickup a copy of Larry Burkett’s Debt Free Living, as I had sold my previous copy accidentally in our most recent yard sale. As usual though, I can’t help but spend time looking at other books and checking out what is new. In doing so, I found Wealth & Wisdom by Greg Womack.

Wealth & Wisdom is a new book published in August of 2007, so the information is up to date and current. Wealth & Wisdom tells you how to manage your finances and make wise financial decisions by following biblical scripture found in Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, and specifically the wisdom and financial advice from King Solomon.

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Not sure how I missed this one in my earlier carnival post, but the 24th Carnival of Money Stories was posted yesterday and is being hosted by Enough Wealth. My article, Reduce Your Expenses By Avoiding Temptation was included.

Thanks to Enough Wealth for hosting this weeks carnival, and make sure head over and read all of the great Money Stories!

My two favorite personal finance carnivals are up for this week, The Carnival of Personal Finance #116 – The NSA Edition and Carnival of Debt Reduction #103 – Soon to be Debt Free.

Advanced Personal Finance hosted the CoPF and chose my article, Simplify Your Finances as an Editor’s Pick!!

DebtFree Revolution hosted the CoDR which included my article, 7 Things IÂ’ve Given Up to Prune My Expenses.

Please make sure you read through all of the excellent articles. A big thanks Advanced Personal Finance and DebtFree Revolution for hosting this weeks carnivals!!

I drive about 2 1/2 hours a day every weekday. As long as the traffic isn’t too bad, I really don’t mind it too much. The longest portion of driving is to and from work. My ride in is a time to wake up, begin getting my thoughts together for what the day holds and thinking through what I need to accomplish. I even spend time in prayer sometimes just talking to God. I guess it’s my quiet place (Mark 6:31). My drive home is more of a time to forget the events of the work day and transition from “manager mode” to “Dad mode” (although these two roles seem to have quite a bit in common).

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I was talking to a co-worker the other about how my wife is really great about purchasing items at the right time. What I mean by this is she waits until items are out of season to buy them. For example, she purchased a pool for our kids (affiliate link) a few weeks back. Since summer is about over, pools have been significantly reduced in price. The pool she purchased is normally about $150.00, she got it on sale for $40.00.

Many items can be purchased at a great discount this way. End of season discounts are a great way to save money. Here’s a few tips to help you out:

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