Give Me Back My Five Bucks

This past weekend, Nic and I hit up the Salvation Army for a 50% off sale. And I was reminded of a post I once read on Budgets are Sexy: Should only poor people shop at thrift stores?  In that post, J$ spoke about a friend who told him he wasn’t allowed to shop at thrift stores because they were only for poor people. When I first read the blog post, I scoffed at the idea. I’ve always shopped at thrift stores. That’s where I get the most for my money, and it’s fun to peruse the aisles looking for … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago, I read an article by Madhavi Acharya-Tom Yew (one of Moneyville’s bloggers) called Loyalty Card Makeover. Basically what Madhavi decided to do was clear out her wallet of all of those rewards cards that she doesn’t use anymore, as well as those that don’t provide real benefit. I thought that was a great idea, because as most of you know, us females tend to carry approximately 1 million cards in our wallets at any given time. So I went on a mission to do the same thing. I culled my rewards cards from 13, down to the … Continue reading →

Well, decorating and furnishing my townhouse is going well, and it’s finally starting to feel like home. There are still a few things I need to buy: – Office area: chair, lamp, rug. – Bedroom: 18×24 picture frames (4) – cheap from IKEA, and other decor items from Etsy. – Kitchen: some piece of furniture to fit in my kitchen nook (where the built-in desk used to be) … my dream is something like this. – Outdoors: some sort of chair. I saw two awesome options when browsing antique stores over the weekend, but both stores were asking $150. And … Continue reading →

In a recent Moneyville post where I discussed how it’s more expensive to be single, I received a lot of feedback – not only in the comments, but my inbox was flooded with messages from people offering their own insight. In fact, I probably received more e-mails from that one post, than all of my other articles combined. What I talked about just scratched the surface of what seems to be a sensitive topic. A quick scroll through the comments, and it’s obvious that people have strong opinions. But still, the numbers don’t lie. It is significantly more expensive to … Continue reading →

As most of you know, I’m a single gal (James Franco, are you reading this?). And if you’ve been with my blog since the beginning, you also probably know that I’ve been in long-term relationships for almost six years (2 years, 3.5 years). So I’m a little out of touch with dating etiquette. Specifically the use of coupons on the first date. Six years ago, I probably would have considered it a little tacky to use a coupon on the first date. But then again six years ago, I was in massive debt, and using coupons probably could have helped … Continue reading →