Archive for the ‘Budgeting’ Category

One mom’s top ten list of free things to do

If the economic crisis is getting you down, blogger, photographer, and mom, Heather Ives has posted her list of ten favourite things to do that are free. I really liked this one in particular - something I’d never thought of before:
3. If you still must have a massage. Train your kids in the practice. [...]

Learning money skills from your parents after the fact

It’s never too late to learn from our parents and grandparents when it comes to money matters.  The idea hit me while reading the article 13 ways to live well on less (great titles think alike!) and several of the money experts said they were just doing what their grandmothers did.
It’s not that our parents [...]

When the small stuff adds up to something big

Not sure if you should buy that second coffee of the day?  Something that helps a lot of people is to calculate how much small, frequent purchases add up to in a year.  So here’s a quick list to get you pondering:
Cup of coffee @ $2.50 x 5 days a week = $650 / year
Lunch  [...]