Pecuniarities

Welcome to the 139th Edition of the Festival of Frugality! This week’s edition celebrates the sensational achievements of Michael Phelps, holder of 15 Olympic Gold Medals and 7 World Records in swimming, in the past week and a half at the 2008 Olympics with photos and inspirational quotes from the champion himself. I am also [...]

We would like to thank the following Blog Carnivals for featuring our posts. (This list will be updated to include future inclusions for the month of July 2008.) Descending chronologically by inclusion date July 30, 2008 Money Hacks Carnival #23 — It’s Gotta Be The Shoes! Article: How to Save Gas and Time With Google [...]

While browsing the WiseBread Forums today, I came across an interesting thread in which a member asks: Is “Simple Living” Just Another Term for “Giving Up”? Several members responded with various opinions: There is a difference between simple living and forced poverty. Not everyone enjoys the rat race. It’s a choice. It’s a form of [...]

This first writing project deals with the circumstances, people and events in our past which have led to our present financial habits. I proposed this topic as the first of our group writing project as I had been planning to write something about our background and why we live the way we do. We are [...]

We would like to thank the following Blog Carnivals for featuring our posts. (This list will be updated to include future inclusions for the month of June 2008.) Descending chronologically by inclusion date June 25, 2008 Finance Fiesta 4: Cerveza Edition Article: Monopoly Game Expansion #2: Personal Checking Account June 23, 2008 Carnival of Personal [...]

Hey everyone, sorry for the recent inconsistent posting. The past month as been really busy for me what with having a house guest (a cousin visiting us from Taiwan for 3 months), a trip to Disneyland (with 2 feisty dogs) the week before last and a trip to Las Vegas last week (with one feisty [...]

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 [...]