MoneyStuffed

One important first step in taking control of your financial life is knowing where your money goes. 
Below is where our money goes each month. 

I was reading a friend’s blog and she was discussing how she plans to revamp her entire financial life, pay down debt, increase her income, become more organized with her financial records, etc.  These are very admirable goals and then I realized that not all that long ago, they were my goals.  I’m sure many [...]

I have a 15 year old step-daughter who lives an hour away from us.  While going out school shopping with her over Labor Day weekend, we encountered an all too familiar attitude that I remember from when I was a kid.  I endearingly term it “The Gimmes”.  We were in line at Sears when she [...]

Richard Jenkins, the Editor in Chief for MSN Money, wrote an article about budgeting called A Simpler Way to Save: The 60% Solution.  It looks both fascinating and easy.  
One of the difficult parts of budgeting is knowing how much to budget to each expense.  Well, the great thing about The 60% Solution is that instead of having [...]

When I was in high school, home economics was a throw away class where you learned to cook or sew. It was for the girls who didn’t plan on going to college and planned on becoming housewives. The true meaning of home economics was lost on us college-bound women who disdained the [...]