“Getting out of debt fast is the most important financial move you can make in today’s economy,” according to author/PF guru David Bach.
He wrote the book on it, so to speak. This week I’m giving that book away.
Year: 2011
Are you your parents’ ATM?
Often we hear about boomerang kids, or middle-aged “children” who keep asking their parents to subsidize them. But what happens when Mom and Dad hit you up for a loan?
Goal-oriented groceries.
Yesterday I filmed my first “Ask A Money Expert” video for MSN Money. I’d done several videos for MSN in the past, but this is a different format: Readers post questions on Facebook, to be answered by people like Jim Jubak and Liz Pulliam Weston. And now by me too, also (as the cat from Mutts would say).
The challenge was giving good information succinctly, since I had just 3½ minutes to answer a trio of questions. I’ll post the link once the finished product is available. In the meantime, I want to talk about one of the responses I gave.
A frugal egg-speriment.
When I was about to leave for my house-sitting/visiting trip to Alaska in mid-May, I had part of a carton of eggs in the fridge. Since I would be gone for two months, I decided to try something I’d only read about: freezing eggs.
Today I sampled the results.
Dumpster wading.
While house-sitting here in Anchorage I took my friend’s recyclables over to the transfer station. It’s a small way for me to help her out.
Turns out it’s a good way to shop, too.
Racing in the Tour de Personal Finance.
Jacob over at My Personal Finance Journey is running something called the Tour de Personal Finance. I’m one of four “racers” in Stage 4, hoping to move on to the next leg.
That’s where you come in.
A found-coin moment.
Late one recent evening I stopped at a nearly deserted supermarket. One tired-looking cashier leaned against her counter, and a customer service agent yawned mightily as he kept an eye on the self-checkout area.
No one was anywhere near the coin-counting machine. As is my wont, I glanced into its returned-coin bin as I passed by.
Did I hit the jackpot.
Want to go to the movies?
I went to “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” today. It was loud. And long. And loud. The final battle scene was interminable. Did I mention the volume?
Surely there’s something a little less grueling to see if you win this week’s giveaway.
Big rigs and big weenies.
Here’s how we have frugal fun in Anchorage: a Dixieland band, reindeer hot dogs, Ice Road Truckers (and one of their trucks), door prizes and really cheap ramen.
Christmas is six months away. Just sayin’.
I don’t bring this up to make you nervous about shopping. Instead, I want to point out that we all have choice about how – and whether – to buy.