Frugality
Last week, I published an article entitled How to Find – and Get the Most Value Out of – Your…
At our house, we’re pretty strict on limiting free time for our kids. They get maybe half an hour of…
One of the most powerful strategies out there for saving money on your food bill (once you’ve cracked the real…
Almost 40 percent of the food supply in this country never gets eaten, due to loss and waste, according to…
Let’s start off with a fact that’s “mildly interesting” on the surface, but takes on a whole different set of…
I am a strong, strong believer that the good life involves having some time that you’ve set aside for leisure…
I recently learned an amazing fact: During the height of the Cold War, a Russian military officer named Stanislav Petrov…
Last month, my family decided to eliminate our cable service. We had already disconnected it from our television for a…
It’s expensive to buy and own a car — the American Automobile Association (AAA) pegs the cost of owning a vehicle at…
One of my earliest popular posts on The Simple Dollar was a home and auto maintenance checklist that I put…
One of the biggest reasons that I still like trying frugal tactics after many years of living a fairly frugal…
Back to school season is here, with many schools starting classes in August and September after a nice summer break.…
This is the last entry in an eight part weekly series that provides a detailed look at the book The…
Tubes of toothpaste. Bottles of shampoo. Soap dispensers. All of these things are easy to use at first when they’re…
This is the seventh entry in an eight-part weekly series that provides a detailed look at the book The Wisdom…
Recently, I was talking to a friend that I hadn’t seen in ages about what we might do if Sarah…
My wife and I have been married 15 years, and dated for six years prior to marriage. During that time,…
This is the sixth entry in an eight-part weekly series that provides a detailed look at the book The Wisdom…
