So, you’ve got auto insurance for your car, health insurance for your health, flood insurance for your property, and home insurance for your house.  Everything’s covered!  Yay!  Whoa there.  Not quite.  These days, it seems like you’ve got to insure everything if you want it covered in case of loss.  There’s pet insurance.  Celebrities are [...]

The 4th of July is just around the corner, and with it, the official launch of summer.  A favorite American pastime, a barbeque party offers you the chance to enjoy the weather and the company of friends while enjoying tasty foods.  If you don’t have much money to devote to entertaining, consider moving beyond the [...]

Whether you are dating or married, one of the best ways to maintain closeness in your relationship is to have a date night.  However, with the high cost of entertainment, dating can put a serious kink in your budget, but it does not have to.  Here are some low-cost date suggestions that will kindle your [...]

We talked last time about why you should create a menu plan.  Today, we will tackle how to menu plan.  Honestly, there is no correct way to menu plan, but here are some of the most common methods: Assign a Meal to a Day of the Week Some people make it very easy on themselves and create [...]

Does this sound familiar?  It is 5 p.m., and you stop by the grocery store after work.  You don’t have much time to make dinner before you have to go to a parent/teacher conference at 7 p.m., so you buy some carrot sticks, a pound of meat, whole wheat buns and sloppy joe mix from [...]

When I was a graduate student, I rarely cooked for myself.  I lived alone, and while I don’t mind leftovers, if I cooked a meal, I would have 4 to 6 servings for leftovers, and I would bore of them before I finished them.  Likewise, my mom currently lives alone, and she almost never cooks.  [...]

Married couples have been doing it for centuries.  Combining their finances is just something they’ve always done.  Call it tradition if you want.  Call it necessity.  Recently, it’s a tradition that has come under fire as being old and outdated.  After all, the reason that the tradition exists is because it was rather usual for [...]

Are you shocked by the recent high price of groceries?  Have you noticed a jump in your grocery bill?  I have noticed a jump of about $20 a week that I am paying now for the same groceries I used to buy for much less.  Unfortunately, I am not much of a coupon diva, and [...]

Home insurance cover is an essential purchase for anyone needing to protect their home and possessions from an array of damaging occurrences, including theft, fire, accidental damage and, in some cases, natural disasters. Unfortunately in a recession, many people have been obliged to seek ways to cut their outgoings and home contents insurance policies have [...]

Which is the better way to go? There are several arguments for both sides with people arguing that the added costs of homeowner-ship making renting the more expensive or that rent paid is money lost that could have been going towards building equity in your home. I’m on the homeowner side of things. We own [...]