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When I told a friend the other day that I made a bit of money selling World Series tickets his first question was “What are you going to spend the money on?” The question kind of took me by surprise. I don’t generally hang out with financially frugal folks, but I didn’t think this kind […]

The World Series is coming to my hometown for the first time ever. It’s been pretty exciting around here, even for a semi-non-caring baseball fan like myself. The Colorado Rockies have a section of the stadium called the Rockpile. On game day you can walk up and buy tickets for the Rockpile for $1 or […]

Both my in-laws and my wife’s grandmother have a propensity to give our children savings bonds a couple times a year, usually around their birthdays and Christmas.  I thought I was doing a good thing when I talked my in-laws into giving I bonds rather than EE bonds, but we could never dissuade Grandma from […]

The 122nd Carnival of Personal Finance is up at Mighty Bargain Hunter.  My post “10 Reasons It’s Better To Have Money” is included. Be sure to check out all the other great posts!

For a year we’ve been putting all regular monthly expenses on a rewards credit card and then paying off that card every month.  I sat down this weekend to see if we were using the best card for us.  We’ve been using the Home Depot Rewards Mastercard.  It pays 2 points for every dollar spend […]

We all know it’s better to have money rather than not have money.  Obviously being wealthy and having a lot of money is even better.  But why do we want to get out of debt, have savings, and live below our means?  What advantages do you get, if any, by having extra money?
Here are 10 […]

I’m very jealous of our neighbor’s new boat.  Our neighbors are a small version of the Joneses.  Two new cars in two years, a new kitchen, loads of other household improvements.  They bought a new boat a couple of years ago.  They save very little and buy whatever they want.  And yesterday they came home […]