Frozen dinner … again. But maybe that’s not such a bad thing. For busy families hoping to save time and money, a favorite new meal-preparing strategy involves setting aside one day a month to cook—and then freeze—an entire month’s worth of dinners. Once everything’s squared away in the freezer, “cooking” supper consists of nothing more than reheating.
Plenty of people survive on a monthly budget of $1,000 or less. But when you’re accustomed to spending $4,000 or $5,000 a month without thinking too much about it, abruptly switching to a $1,000-a-month budget requires some serious lifestyle adjustments.
This week’s roundup also includes insights on technology rip-offs, the future of coupons, and tactics for handling everything from hard-nosed negotiations to selling stuff on Craigslist.
If you look hard enough, there are personal finance lessons to be learned at nearly every turn—on TV, at the movies, and … by observing your pets, and listening to geese honk in the sky?
A young couple in Oregon just went an entire year nearly trash-free: At the end of 12 extremely green months, their household’s only waste that couldn’t be composted or recycled amounted to a mere 3 pounds of garbage—which is less than what the average American generates in a single day. Meanwhile, self-proclaimed fashion junkies are [...]
In this series, the superheroes are personal finance bloggers who battle the evil forces of lottery tickets and credit card debt, and who sometimes, in Inspector Gadget-like fashion, unleash extendo-scissors from their arms to chop up credit cards before they can do more harm.
A 31-year-old woman in Charleston, S.C., tries to live on a seriously tight food budget: $365 for 365 days.
You can learn lessons about money the hard way: For example, by digging yourself deeply into (and hopefully out of) credit card debt. Or you can learn from the experiences of folks who have been there, bought that, and who now proudly preach the gospel of frugality.
