One of my biggest struggles with my personal finance is the fact that my income is fairly irregular. I have a few regular gigs, but as a freelance writer, I can’t guarantee that my income will remain the same from month to month.
My main way of dealing with my less than stable finances is to [...]

In my last post, I talked about my grandparents and their successes. Frugality is key to their success. I’ve picked up some frugal habits just from my time around them — especially my grandmother, who’s always been responsible for handling their books. I think these ten tips are some of the most useful she’s told [...]

It’s freezing cold, my body has just began to function correctly and here I am in a long line among hundreds of anxious shoppers that don’t look too friendly. No, this was not the release of the latest hit movie or Apple product, its the yearly phenomenon known as Black Friday. I chose to shop [...]

For me, Thanksgiving dinner means packing around my grandmother’s table with twenty of my nearest and dearest. This will be the first year I’ve missed the family shindig. I’m holding my own to make up the lack.
I considered going the route of the already prepared turkey or ham: after all, that’s the most intimidating part [...]

There is no denying that the cost of food is rising. Looking back through the past couple of weeks across any number of personal finance blogs, I can find posts about the higher costs of foodstuffs from bread to powdered milk. There are any number of factors that have affected various food production, but there’s [...]