Many Happy Returns
A good reminder at Frugal Hacks: Return Those Gifts! (and anything else you bought by mistake). In the bustle of Christmas morning, it’s easy to throw presents into a box, and then get the box up to a room or suitcase or whatever, and to think “there are a few gifts in here we’ll deal […]
An Early Present (easy protection from ID theft)
If you lose your wallet, you’re in trouble. You have a whole bunch of cards (credit cards, but also library cards, work ID cards, and so on) that you need to cancel and replace. And with the looming spectres of ID theft and credit card fraud, the problems associated with losing your wallet can get […]
The Lost Rule of Organizing
This post doesn’t have a lot to do with personal finance, although it’s tangentially related, and if you’re into personal finance, you’re probably into general life organization as well (or, at least, you aspire to having an organized life). I’ve been meaning to post a link to this for almost a week now. Simple Notebook […]
Man vs. Debt has a good piece on selling stuff on eBay
Man vs. Debt has a good piece on how to sell stuff on eBay. The author of the piece (it’s a guest post) paid off $15,000 in 9 months (!). Holy cats (!!!!). If you’re like me, and you think “I should really get with the selling-on-eBay-thing,” it’s a good post to read. Obviously, she […]
Recurring receipt announcement
If you have a recurring receipt (see your recurring receipts) set to run in PearBudget on the 1st of the month, could you please check your receipts page and delete any duplicate receipts? Since today was Daylight Savings Time in the US, at 2:00 this morning, the clocks jumped back to 1:00. Every night at […]
Quote from Elise Boulding
“Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyful words in the English language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying. The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.” Elise Boulding (via […]
Quote from Trent
“Our lives are like a river. They flow through the channel of assumptions and priorities that we set for them. If we begin to alter those assumptions and priorities a little, sometimes the river will fight that change in flow, but most of the time, it’ll happily shift course and find that this new path […]
Quote from Schaefer
“The shopping mall has become our temple, the credit card our burnt offering … yet, the sacrifice is never sufficient for salvation.” Schaefer, at The Art of Manliness
Excellent post on supporting local businesses
Trent has an excellent post on “the local store premium,” the amount over the “box-store-minimum” that it costs to support local businesses. His post really spoke to me, as I’ve seen the town I grew up in (Arlington, VA) go through an absolutely incredible (note: read “incredible” as “hard to believe,” not “good”) shift away […]
Love, love, love hearing from you all
Love, love, love hearing from you all: “I want to say how much I love pearbudget.com and the go cards! I’ve been able to easily keep track of and KEEP a budget! I’ve paid off 3 credit cards in the four months I’ve been using it. Thank you for providing a simple budgeting website!” — […]