Pecuniarities

This project provided an attractive way to post incoming sewing orders without causing our home to resemble a warehouse or factory. It took very little time and cost about $3.
I started with a fancy picture frame from the thrift shop and cut a piece of black velvet slightly larger than the board which backs [...]

Reading is one of the most frugal hobbies in existence, and is something, in my opinion, that everyone should do. Not only is it entertaining, but it can be beneficial and educational in many ways. In fact, reading is (along with watching period films based on classic literature) Madoline’s and my favorite hobby, and when [...]

PF Bloggers
Here are some great articles by some of my fellow PF Bloggers from this past month:

Seb at Pinching Copper gives us Five things you should buy used
Jonathan at Master Your Card offers a guide on How to Pick the Right Credit Card
JB at Get Rich or Die Trying had a very close call and [...]

Dissolution is a fact of life: that things naturally break down into smaller and smaller parts until they virtually do not exist. It is the same with money. A newborn $20 bill from the ATM is beautiful and full of potential. As it is used, the bill is broken into many smaller bills and the [...]

In recent months, the subject of “too many credit cards” has frequently arisen on blogs and forums. I have even seen a post title saying that closing a credit card will immediately boost your credit score by 10 points. I don’t know if this is true; a quick search on Google didn’t turn up any [...]