Tag Archive: finances

10 Excuses That Keep You in Credit Card Debt

My wife and I have several credit cards, however, we never keep a balance and avoid any and all finance charges by paying our statements in full each month. We don’t necessary subscribe to the idea that you shouldn’t have any credit cards, but everyone needs to understand and use them responsibly in order to…

Frugal Millionaires: How They Do It

In my daily reading, I came across an article on Yahoo! Finance, written by Jeff Lehman of The Frugal Millionaires, that discussed how frugal millionaires spend their money. It’s not a totally foreign topic to me as I’m familiar with a frugal millionaire family, so I know they are out there. You never know, even…

Your Kids Want to Spend More of Your Money, BillMyParents Makes it Easy

Hey kids! Want to spend your parents’ money? BillMyParents makes it easy! You thought you’ve heard it all, but yes, there now is a site where it allows kids to request items for their parents to purchase for them. BillMyParents claims to ‘focus on the communication between tween and parent.’ I guess they’ve never heard…

Sore Muscles and Your Finances

Probably not the most typical personal finance blog topic you’ll ever see, but after thinking about it, I found a striking similarity. This weekend I finally hit the court and played some basketball. I had previously written about how my wife and I were discussing what would be the best financial decision when it came…