17 Ways to save money without adversely affecting your quality of life + MORE

Michelle’s dogs
Lauren from L Bee and the Money Tree wrote recently about how her dog, Murray, decided to take a little jaunt around the neighbourhood at 11pm in the middle of the rain storm, leaving her a nervous wreck until she found him.
While this story ends well, it’s one we’ll all familiar with…

Some recent posts from Cash Rebel and Reach Financial Independence have really gotten me thinking about how much money we should be keeping in emergency savings and how fast we could go into survival mode if we had a sudden loss of income. Now that we have paid off all of our debt other than mortgages, I’m curious to see if we could get by on passive income alone…

I Shipped my Pants.* *Not appropriate for all work environments, view the video at your own risk. I am part of a co-op sporting goods store, where at the end of the year I get 10% back in what I purchase … Continue reading →The post I Shipped my Pants appeared first on Financial Black Sheep…

As you probably guessed from this post’s title, we had some vet bills that have made me seriously look into getting pet insurance. First let’s start with the good news. After taking home our new kitten home we took him to the vet for a look-over and to get his rabies shop. He’s in great shape and he was completely sweet with everyone in the office…

Last weekend we took a short trip over to Destin, one of the higher end beach areas in the Florida panhandle. On our way we drove through some of the richest zip codes in the US. How high end? People like Sean Payton and Mike Huckabee live or have vacation homes there and many more vacation there, such as Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo (I know because I had a friend who played jazz for them at a local bar)…

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Happy Friday everyone! A few weeks ago I peeled back the curtain on the fast food industry and shared some of my thoughts about working in fast food…

This is a guest post written by Todd. He’s the co-founder and content manager at Fearless Men, a men’s blog on Manliness that inspires men to grow strong, get fit, be wise, kick fear in the face and become a better man. Check out what else he’s written on Overcoming Fear.
[More Hope Image Credit: Tiger Pixel]You want to know why I’m a consistent reader of Edward Antrobus over other frugality blogs? Because I generally don’t like frugality blogs…

Gotta get that paper!The following is a guest post. If you are interested in guest posting for my site, please see my guest posting policy and shoot me an email.You have a lot on your plate when you get out of school and start your career.  Not only do you have the stress of starting your first real job in the workforce but you have all kinds of bills to consider…

Happy Friday everyone.  I hope all of you had a good week.  It has been a busy week over here, but when does a week really not busy?  Never?  Yep, that’s what I thought as well.  There was nothing out of the ordinary this week on the home front, except that I was able to throw some more money in our down payment fund than I usually do…

Sad news for me – This was my last week of long service leave and I start back at work next week 🙁 Everyone said that by the time my leave was up, I would be wanting to go back to work to get a break, but they couldn’t have been more wrong. If anything, having this time away from work has shown me that I need to spend more time working on my extra income streams! That way I can spend my time with my wife and new son, rather than slaving away at the 9 to 5…

Uffda, it’s been a busy week!  For those of you not familiar with “uffda” it’s a Norwegian phrase, but I think you get the idea of what it means and it sums up my week pretty darned well.  One of the very cool things that happened this week was that I increased my flat bench press maximum weight during my strength training routines……

**We’ve borrowed all of these, and many more, from our local library over the past year**
Bf is a total library nerd (love this about him). Bf spends so much time at the local library he knows the librarians (and they know him) on a first name basis. The best part? Bf saves us hundreds of dollars per year using the library…

#1 Apple Stock =  Nose Dive. Big Hugs To Their Supplier.

Whoa, your Apple stock was down about 10 percent over the last five days and it’s now down almost 30 percent for the year.
Here’s what happened this week….

Cirrus Logic makes chips for iPhones and iPads. Apple is one of Cirrus Logic’s biggest customers…

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Well the quick answer is, whenever you want.  The unfortunate part is that this is what the majority of Americans have  been doing and it has resulted in a ton of consumer debt.  We all know that our nation as a whole has more consumer debt than it did 50 years ago, but that is not what I’m going to discuss here…

Saving money is essential to achieving early financial independence.  But saving money at the expense of wrecking your quality of life is a game that I don’t play.  Here are some methods that I have have successfully used to reduce my bills.  And I promise no BS about meatless Mondays, biking to work, or taking cold showers…

Good morning Dinks and happy Friday.  This time next weekend I will be on a train on my way home to see my parents.  As you may remember I don’t visit my hometown very often since my family fell apart almost three years ago, but I haven’t been home in a while and I got a really good deal on my train ticket…

I wrote a guest post on Canadian Budget Binder called “How I Paid off $100,000 in Debt (and How You Can, Too)“.  Mr. CBB has put together a very comprehensive site dedicated to helping people stay frugal and financial responsible.  It is a great honor for me to have been chosen to be a contributor…

Perhaps you to work in a cubicle, and share it with someone else to boot.  Perhaps your boss tries to humiliate you more than supervising you.  Perhaps your company spends more time reorganizing than making its products or providing its services, or perhaps you can’t even remember what your company does…