The author of the millionaire next door, Dr. Stanley, wrote a blog post about the low profile millionaire.  That these millionaires live very low profile lives in homes worth less than $400k.  Yet 90% of them indicated they were happy.  And only 5% have a wine collection or spend more than $10 on a bottle [...]

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I’m 30 years old and I’m having a baby.  I had a baby shower early since I went home and I found out that my mom has been holding onto bonds for me for years.  I need to get these bonds back.  My mom told me, I was saving it for your kids, and it [...]

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I found a couple of interesting posts that each argue their side of the story.  It started with Free From Broke decreeing that “Credit Cards Suck,” and response from I pick up Pennies “Credit Cards Don’t Suck“.  Both make interesting arguments for having or abstaining from having credit cards.  Both writers have been shaped by [...]

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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!  Hope you are wearing green.  I was thinking about budgets this weekend and how to budget.  I personally like the 60% budget proposed on MSN as a starting point.  It’s a great way to see if your expenses are too much for your income off the cuff.  Instead of tracking every [...]

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So I was asked a couples of weeks ago, how the hell did we afford our current home?  And last week I decided to talk about some of our financial mistakes/successes of our 20s.  But I haven’t really discussed what happened with our housing situation.
How did we ever get a $115k down payment and how [...]

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I’m looking for guest posters. I am going away in December for a holiday and am interested in using some guest posters!
Also any recommended reads for personal finance would be great.  Right now I have a few books in the queue but am looking for more.  Leave a comment or send me an email please!

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So what is the next meltdown?  This article in MSN suggets it’s credit cards.  Definitely a possibility.  But I think there are two other bigger problems.  This is a neat rundown of debt 2006-2008.
First, the average debt of consumers is $16k when averaged over people who don’t have credit cards, pay in full, and carry [...]

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I forgot to include this last week, but on Wednesday I’m hosting the 37th Carnival of Money Hacks. Please submit posts here.
Also I’ll be hosting in 2 weeks the 11-17-08 Twenty Something Carnival of Personal Finance.  So please feel free to submit a post here.

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So I took our dogs for another semi annual visit to the vet last week.  Also because our older BF has a growth on his nose that he keeps on scratching and I wanted it removed.  Turns out that they have to put him under anesthesia so they recommended he get his teeth cleaned again.  [...]

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Aryn from SoundMoneyMatters tagged with with a meme regarding the what is the Best Financial Advice I’ve ever gotten and from whom?  That’s simple.
My mom is the person who gave me the best financial advice I ever got.  It wasn’t anything spectacular.  Nope, it was simple.  Don’t spend more than you make!  Period.  There is [...]

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