Tales from the Wallet: What to Do When You’re Facing “Frugal Fatigue”
Have you experienced frugal fatigue, aka “savings burnout”?
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Tales from the Wallet: Leave Room in Your Budget to Take Advantage of Sale Prices
I just saw a great study on this, so I thought we’d discuss — do you leave room in your budget to take advantage of sale prices? Do you do it in a disciplined way (“I have $300 to spend for fun purchases, no more!”) or is it just part of your budgetary cushion? Which…
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Tales from the Wallet: How to Make a Budget
For today’s money feature, let’s discuss living within your means — how to make a budget and stick to a budget. What does “budget” mean to you? What tips and tricks have you used to set a budget, pay down debt, save money and protect against lifestyle inflation — and what alarm bells have you used to tell…
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Tales from the Wallet: Paying Down Debt vs. Saving
It’s the New Year, and I heard a lot of chatter among commenters about when they should be paying down debt vs. saving. It’s a huge question, and we’ve talked about some related things (like how to pay off huge student loans and live within your means), but we haven’t talked about when to save vs. when…
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Three Major Open Enrollment Tips For Career Women
As we’re coming up on the end of the year, I thought it might be interesting to talk about benefits — and specifically tips for the open enrollment period. (One of our guest posters got into this a few years ago when she talked about using your benefits package at work to save $10K.) Interestingly, studies…
