My least favorite part of shopping is going to the cash register. I hate the sinking feeling in my gut that I get when my items are totaled and tax is applied. Did I really spend that much? Yes, the numbers don’t lie. As I’m shopping, I have a rough idea of what I’m spending, […]
If you’re one of the more than 70 million Americans who work as hourly employees, chances are good that you may soon be offered a payroll debit card instead of a traditional paper check on payday. While these debit cards are much less expensive for employers, they can come at a cost for the employees […]
My 11-year-old son has started thinking about college. Right now, he claims that he’ll either stay here, and wear the white and blue of the Utah State Aggies, or that he’ll head down south to SUU, in the town he was born — and where his father and I met. If he decided to go […]
Inflation is the rate at which the prices of goods and services rise over time. This phenomenon may seem like a plan hatched by an evil mastermind, but inflation isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It’s generally a sign that the economy is growing — and during your working years, you can usually expect your wages […]
They show up in my inbox during the first week of the month, usually just a few days apart. When I see them, I pause and whisper, “Please, please, please, let it be low!” over and over again. With my mouse pointer hovering, I close my eyes and open my electric or natural gas bill […]
It’s March, and even though much of the Midwest is still engulfed in the icy grip of the Polar Vortex, there are signs that spring is right around the corner. Just as the increasing hours of warmth and sunshine motivate us to eliminate the dust and clutter from our homes, spring cleaning our finances is […]
