Fare Thee Mel

Do you remember that song from The Mamas and The Papas? Here’s a verse: Today the sun is shining for the first time in a while, so eve...

I am an avid reader and my favorites are fiction and self-improvement books. I just finished reading You are a Badass at Making Money by Je...

I just finished reading Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living by Elizabeth Willard Thames. This book ...

I took today off work and boy, it sure feels great having a three day weekend. The weekends are just too short, don’t you think? At the jo...

Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk This is a collection of stories about the wives / moms who live in this suburb of London, but really it could...

I realized I never hit Publish on this post from the end of March. Better late than never! Taxes I’m relieved that we finally got that do...

It’s “thrifty Thursday”, and that means it’s time for a finance post. I went back into the financial archives to look at my utilities spendi...