There’s been some talk recently (and in the last several years) that we should get rid of the dollar bill and move to using a dollar coin. Most of that talk is pro dollar coin. And, for the most part, their argument makes a lot of sense. The dollar bill is an expensive bill to [...]
As I mentioned before, part of what were doing with our tax refund is to remodel our kitchen. Our kitchen was in a bit of rough shape, as some of it was likely original to when the house was built in 1950. The linoleum had been added, as had the carpet and the counter-top, but [...]
In the midst of spending 5 straight days remodeling our kitchen, our good friend Murphy’s Law decided to show up. My father came over for the long weekend and helped. Without him, the remodel would have probably been a disaster. But, that’s not where Murphy comes into play. One evening, after we had supper, we [...]
Welcome to the Festival of Frugality! This is the 226th edition of the festival and has been deemed the Earth Week 2010 Edition in honor of Earth Day on the 22nd. There’s a lot of frugality to read today, so let’s get right to it. The stars of our show this week are the articles [...]
I dislike getting a refund from the government. I don’t have any good reason to give them an interest free loan, but any changes I make to my W4 don’t seem to make any difference. I keep getting a refund every year. This year, the numbers were really off, because we added a dependent last [...]
I’ll be hosting the Festival of Frugality here next week (April 20th). If you’re interested in being added to the list and being a part of the festival, you can use the submission form or use the contact form here to submit a post. All you need to include is your name/penname, the URL of [...]
When it comes down to setting your budget, saving your money, spending your money, and acting responsibly with money overall, you are your own worst enemy. You and only you are responsible for keeping your self-made goals. There are tools that you can use to help yourself, but the only enemy that you need to [...]
Personal finance isn’t all just about the best ways to save money and live frugally. There are other things to consider; other rules that should be followed. Some have absolutely nothing to do with saving money.Many of the posts here at Beating Broke deal with saving money, budgeting, and living frugally. On many occasions I [...]
Well, it’s more like Earth Week at Amazon. They opened it up today and it’s pretty nice, if you’re trying to do as much as you can to go green. They’ve got some links on different things that you can do to go green and have a smaller footprint. They’re not essays, but you might [...]
That title is so going to mess up my template. Way too long. But, with all the earthquakes lately, it seems appropriate. In any case, this is gonna be a rocking wrap-up. Lots of fun links for y’all this weekend! Money Crush has a $100 Giveaway Consumer Boomer talks taxes and health care Personal Finance [...]
