I could have called this a parenting tip or parenting advice, but that would mean I know something more about parenting than anyone else reading this. That certainly isn’t the case. We’ve got two daughters, ages 6 and 4. One day they returned home from shopping with mom and announced that they were each getting…
Month: August 2013
Recovering From Unemployment – Part 1: Getting Into Debt
Unemployment: One of the most counter-productive methods of saving money out there. And yet, it’s not uncommon to have periods of unemployment in our adult lives. Unless you’re leaving one job for another, chances are good you’ll have at least a week or two of unemployment, right? It can be a scary experience, especially if…
The “ALDI” Experience
Anyone who has shopped at ALDI probably remembers their first time and how awkward an experience it was. If you managed to fill your cart with groceries (assuming you got a cart), you may have found yourself leaving it in the checkout lane and simply walking out. You might have felt like you just walked into…
Target REDcard debit card
Do you shop at Target? Do you have a Target REDcard yet? More specifically, do you have a Target REDcard debit card? Assuming you shop at Target and you haven’t signed up for one, what are you waiting for? When we were first asked by the cashier if we had a Target REDcard we of course…
Ting: Mobile That Makes Sense (for most people)
I’ve heard people tell me “we could never afford smartphones”. I think what they mean to say is that “we could never afford smart phones on one of the big 3 carriers (AT&T, Verizon, or Sprint). Personally, we could have “afforded” smartphones a long time ago on one of the big 3, but I could…