I decided it was time to upgrade the old site – I had never gotten a professional logo, and the one I had made in a rush was looking really cheesy. But where to go for a great logo? A colleague recommended LogoTournament, and what a find! It’s easily the best $300 I have spent [...]

Got Teens (or Tweens)? There is a way you can dress your teens and tweens inexpensively without making them compromise on style – check out the wildly creative blog, Recycled Runway – you’ll be amazed at the looks on these pages, like the Recessionista (defined: “A person who is able to stick to a tight [...]

Earth Day (April 22) is Approaching Perhaps you’ve seen those little bumperstickers that say “Carbon Balanced – TerraPass“? Well, if you drive regularly, and who doesn’t, consider going green and buying carbon offsets for all those emissions. According to AAA, each year, the average car emits about 10K pounds in carbon dioxide. And as an [...]

REVIEW: Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel – 100 Dirty Little Money-Grubbing Secrets, by Phil Villarreal, Skyhorse Publishing, 2009 This book will surely have you laughing – all the way to the bank. Separated at birth from Abbie Hoffman’s Steal this Book (circa 1971) – without all the messy illegal bomb recipes and kooky left-wing politics [...]

Yikes! It’s been almost a month since my last blog post. I’d like to blame it on bad old Forefox, and losing all my bookmarks, due to a bad Skype install. But maybe it’s just my old, tired blog design. With all the great sites and blogs all over the Net, I feel like I [...]

The savings site, BargainBabe.com may be just a year old, but it has a healthy following and is one of my favorite blogs. The site is clean, simple and gets right down to the savings – helping you save money on groceries, gasoline, and household bills – the necessities of life. I met BargainBabe last [...]

For a touching post on a simple but wonderful San Francisco honeymoon (total cost $2567 including airfare and hotel for a week), see Forest on Finance’s The Cost of a Honeymoon. A Quick Rundown of the Week’s Costs and the Sights: Monday – Fisherman’s Wharf/Pier 39, Chinatown, Nob Hill (Alcatraz tour $66) Tuesday – Ferry [...]

Meatloaf. Old-model cars. 100% acrylic pants. Paying down the mortgage instead of tapping the equity. Does this sound like your Grandmother? It does mine. Wow, is it time to write about September being National Coupon Month, again? I can see my Grandma clipping coupons from the local newspaper back on the farm outside of Fremont, [...]

I wasn’t sure I could stomach writing one more frugal eating tips article (where’s the beef, anyway?) so I turned to self-styled gracious frugal living expert Andi Blackwell of ModernTightwad, to give me a hand in the kitchen. I asked her the gastronomical question, “How to save money but still eat really well?” and she [...]