In the interest of transparency and honesty (which is one of the main tenets of this blog), I struggled with writing this post. I wanted to give you a lot of reasons that being lazy is helpful to your debt-reduction plan (or any other financial plan you happen to be working on). I wanted to [...]
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Time Warner Cable’s Horrible Customer Service
January 27th, 2012 
Lindsay Last week, we cancelled our cable. This was not an easy choice to make, but once the Texans were out of the Super Bowl, we didn’t have a reason to put it off any longer. So we bit the bullet and decided to start saving that $40/month and pay it towards our debt. Yesterday, we [...]
Another Way to Waste Money
January 25th, 2012 Lindsay The economy’s bad, right? That’s all I’ve heard about for years – the sad state of our economy. You’d think, in times like these, people would be buckling down, saving money, and pinching pennies – or any other financial clichés you can think of. After all, this is the “rainy day” we’ve all heard about, [...]
Reasons to Spend Money
January 18th, 2012 Lindsay I need a new iPad. It’s a legitimate need. Really. I promise. Here are my reasons: Whenever I need the iPad, one of my children have it. If a child doesn’t have it, the battery is dead. If a child doesn’t have it, and the battery isn’t dead, all of my apps have been rearranged [...]
This Wise Bread Article Gets It Right
January 5th, 2012 Lindsay This Wise Bread article is called “10 Things You Do to Save Money That End Up Costing You More.” They had some good stuff in this one, such as: 7. Getting Suckered Into BOGO Deals and Other Sales I’m so guilty of this! Spending $100 to save $20 is just plain stupid. 8. [...]
It Still Takes Money to Go Shopping
December 26th, 2011 Lindsay Source: wisebread.com via Lindsay on Pinterest-Shopping at Marshalls I’ve written about spending money to save money before. This article from Wise Bread reminded me of that “scam,” but from a different angle. The email I received from Best Buy was a direct marketing email from the company trying to coerce me out of my [...]
No Spending for the REST of the Year!
December 23rd, 2011 Lindsay One of my favorite things to do when I was a kid was say goodnight to my parents on New Year’s Eve by saying, “I’ll see you next year!” I used to get such a laugh out of it, and now my kids say it to me. While I was working on our family’s goals for [...]
Do You Love or Hate Gift Cards?
December 16th, 2011 Lindsay Wise Bread has an article today describing why gift cards are the best gifts you can buy. I personally only buy gift cards for iTunes or when I can’t think of anything else to buy for someone! But she seems to feel pretty strongly about it, so I thought I would ask your opinion. [...]
