I’ll go ahead and confess: 17 years ago, I had a big, lavish wedding at a five-star hotel. The 400 guests were served a five-course gourmet dinner, enjoyed an extensive dessert buffet, and a slice of the 6-tier wedding cake. My designer wedding dress was spectacular, and cost a fortune. After the event, I ended […]
Last week, I took my kids to the ice cream place to celebrate an awesome achievement for one of them on her math test. When it was time to pay, the tip jar was glaring at me, with big yellow letters that seemed to scream “THANK YOU!” Ice cream for the three of us cost […]
Unfortunately, in life we experience setbacks. This is as true in finances as it is in anything else. I know that sometimes it seems as though it’s one thing after another. We had a flood in our basement just before Christmas, then 4th quarter estimated taxes for 2010 were due in January, and of course, […]
I read the book “The Millionaire Next Door” ten years ago, in 2001, shortly after the painful dot-com bust. At the time, I had felt that I needed to reinforce my basic belief system about handling money, the value of money, and what it means to be “wealthy.” Now, after the Great Recession and with […]
April is Financial Literacy Month, and that means it’s a great time to get back to financial basics. You might be surprised, as you look at your financial habits, to find out how many are bad. Sometimes we get too complacent in our finances, and let things slide a little bit. Here are some things […]
Saving money is great, but not if it is at the expense of your long term financial future and well being. As much as possible you have to consider the long term effects of your decisions on yourself and those around you. Otherwise, you might find yourself paying a hefty price for your “savings”. But what […]
