Archive for October, 2007

What is Frugality and Are We Frugal?

In a comment made to my recent article A Guideline Budget – How Do You Compare? a reader stated that I am not frugal. I agree, We’re not frugal, or at least I don’t consider us frugal. We are on a quest to be more frugal, but we’re not there yet. But [...]

Fact or Fiction: Mortgage free in 1/2 the time?

While at football practice, one of the parents passed out a flier for their business. Being an entrepreneur and Guerrilla Marketing fan myself I gave it a read. The pamphlet read:

FREE ANALYSIS
BE “MORTGAGE-FREE” IN LESS THAN HALF THE TIME

PAY OFF YOUR 30 YR. MORTGAGE IN AS LITTLE AS 8-11 YEARS OR LESS
ANY MORTGAGE [...]

Money Saving Monday Tip #14 – Save Money When Eating Out

 
In a recent article I compared our budget to a guideline budget from The World’s Easiest Guide To Finances.  One of the areas I identified as a problem for us was eating out too much.  My wife and I spent some time over the weekend talking about this, and decided to reduce the amount [...]