Froogle Spending

Kevin writes in: Your examples of how to live frugally make it sound like your life [is terrible]. Why are you sacrificing all happiness to save a buck? If I had your life, I’d be miserable. Live a little, dude. Most of the frugal advice I give usually revolves around some clever substitutions or [...]

Several days ago, I made coq au vin and from-scratch French baguettes for dinner for my family. It took about three hours of work, all told, and required some things to be done the day before (starting the dough for the bread and chopping the vegetables). To put it simply, it turned out fantastic. [...]

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the kind of advice that I would give high school graduates. Two children that I watched grow up are going to graduate this coming May. What could I possibly tell them that would be of use in their life? I’ll be exploring this off and [...]

I’ve been dabbling in a number of very genre-specific social networks as of late, ones that are designed to take real advantage of specific interests. So, here are several worth noting. If you’d like to keep tabs on what books I’m reading and have read and reviewed (outside of the PF stuff I’m reviewing here), [...]

The eleventh episode focuses on networking and building professional (and personal) relationships. How can you do this effectively? Total length: 8:30 Listen In! Other options for enjoying The Simple Dollar Podcast include: Listen to this episode on a separate page Subscribe via iTunes Download this episode (right click and save) Subscribe in the media player of your choice Though I [...]

Susan writes in: I feel so helpless as a taxpayer, watching the ridiculous directions the senate, house and president are taking my country. Being self-employed, in the medical field and living in NY I feel like I have three strikes against me. As Emma Goldman, the famous communist said, “If voting changed anything, it would be [...]

Howdy, folks! Staff writer tryouts still have a few days left, but I jotted a quick post this morning and thought I’d squeeze it in this afternoon just to break things up. I wrote a MAMMOTH post about taxes yesterday, but I don’t know if it’ll ever see the light of day. It’s a sort [...]

This is a guest post from A.J. Clark, a long-time lurker at Get Rich Slowly. A.J. is a potential Staff Writer for GRS. He is a recent college graduate who writes software in the financial services industry, while trying to find his financial footing in the Real World. In his first post, A.J. explained that [...]

This is a guest post from Lynn, a long-time reader of personal-finance blogs. Lynn is a potential Staff Writer for Get Rich Slowly. In her first post, she explained where to find free activities and events in your area. Lynn is the CFO (Chief Financial Officer) of her family, and is working hard to increase [...]

This is a guest post from Neal Frankle, a Certified Financial Planner and the blogger at The Wealth Pilgrim. Neal is a potential Staff Writer for Get Rich Slowly. His first post explored the benefits of starting a side business. For background on Neal’s personal story, check out his recent article about how he went [...]

Even in the worst of economic downturns, cutting back on the necessities of life is not an option. But American consumers are giving up the organic bananas and microbrews and shopping less at high-end grocers such as Whole Foods and Bristol Farms and more at low-end grocers such as Food Lion and Food 4 [...]

Crude oil, gold and silver top the list of the world’s most popular commodities, and as a result, prominent media outlets regularly update on the rise and fall of their values. But there are quite a few other commodities that are traded in the world’s markets, sometimes in aggressive fashion, all of which are subject [...]

Photo: jeroen020 Foreclosed on? Just because you may have lost one home doesnt mean youll never be able to buy another. But first, you need to engage in some credit score Rx. A foreclosure will cause a credit score to drop sharply, typically by 200 to 300 points, says Andrew Housser, co-CEO of Bills.com, a [...]

In April and May, National Public Radio featured a series on inexpensive gourmet dishes entitled How Low Can You Go? Although many of the dishes looked quite tasty, most of the dishes werent actually all that inexpensive, often narrowly getting below $10 to feed a family of four, and many involved arduous cooking processes. I [...]

A reader asked me if I could break down my ideas into a handful of principles. After some careful thought, I came up with a list of fourteen basic rules that summarize my money and life philosophy. Ill be presenting these as a weekly series. A couple times this spring, I watched a TruGreen [...]