Money

One month I really wanted to go into super-saver mode and temporarily cut my expenses as much as possible. Earlier this year I had a lot of extra expenses like moving, a deposit and pet fee for my new apartment, a new computer, etc, so I’ve been a bit over budget all year because of…

If you’ve spent any time reading blog posts about how to save money, you’ve probably heard the suggestion to cut cable. You can easily save over $1000 a year by getting rid of cable. Well, what do you watch if you don’t pay for cable tv anymore? Here are my favorite frugal alternatives to cable…

When it’s spread out over a whole year, you really don’t have to cut your expenses by that much per month in order to save thousands of dollars this year. Just a couple hundred per month will do it! Here are 5 ways to save thousands of dollars this year. Here, we’re going for the…

What would you do if you had an extra $20,000 lying around? Or what if you didn’t have to spend that money in the first place? It would be pretty nice, huh? Well, I saved $20,000 by not buying a car! I was never a big fan of driving, and since I live in a…

Have you ever bought something you don’t need on a whim? If so, you’ve experienced impulse spending.  Some stores (I’m looking at you, Target ;)) are great at getting us to buy things on an impulse that we don’t really need. Pretty things to decorate our homes, makeup items to make us more “popular,” etc,…

Here’s a cool trick for how to save money on makeup. It’s called Project Pan and it’s popular in the online beauty world. Basically you pick 5 or 10 makeup items (or really however many you want… I just had 4) to use up before you buy anything new. If you run out of something…