Last night, I was sitting on the deck enjoying a wobbly pop with my oldest son - who paid his biweekly rent!, discussing shopping. In listening to his (very short) story of buying a new pair of shoes, I realized that maybe some people’s (my) strategy shouldn’t be to avoid shopping but to learn ...
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Catfight update – 25 days and my kids aren’t starving yet
Earlier this month, Barb of Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance, Christine of Money Funk and Laura of Move to Portugal and little old me entered into a spending challenge to decrease expenses for the month of June in a few expense areas that we thought could be easily ...
Getting by – or really living?
Sometimes I wonder whether I’m taking the right path. I’ve been a good little squirrel. I’ve saved enough up so I can (and will soon!) quit working my 10 or 11 measly hours a week and have a decent life, living at about the same standard of living that I do today. I’m ...
Clothes rule(s) !
I was commenting with blogging buddy Middle Class Mom in Toronto on her blog recently and realized that I have a variety of little spending – and non-spending - rules that have served me well over the years. One of those rules is for clothes. I LOVE clothes! In fact, sometimes I think ...
Charging adult kids rent – to do or not to do?
Every parent wants the best for their kids. If we’ve struggled in life, especially financially, we don’t want our kids to go through that. Yet as my 22 year old son has been off school these last couple of months, I’ve come to wonder whether I’m actually hurting him more than helping by not expecting ...
Are you deprived or just smart and happy?
There’s a fundamental mind shift that seems to occur when you move out of a deprivation mindset to one of feeling smart and happy. It seems that most people who learn to enjoy cutting their costs, do it because they feel really smart in doing so. They’ll brag about the great finds ...
How to make your own coolers aka wobbly pops
I talk a lot about wobbly pops on this site (and no, I’m not an alcoholic). What’s a wobbly pop? According to the Urban Dictionary: Any beverage that contains alcohol, for the purpose of human consumption, and is referred to by a person from Newfoundland. Wobbly pops are ...
