Tax Time!

File this one under “financial bloggers don’t always have their act together:”  I have not done my taxes yet. I have no “how to do your taxes” articles ready. My tax forms are currently sitting in a jumbled pile with all my other junk mail in my apartment, and scattered on various web sites waiting [...]

Keeping your bank fees down

It’s no secret that I hate bank fees. I haven’t gotten around to investigating Ally Bank or my local credit unions yet, but I will.  For bank fee haters like myself, USA Today offers several tips on keeping bank fees low as banks struggle to increase revenue. Some of us are particularly insistent on not paying [...]

A Healthy and Cheap Day of Eating

Most people think you need to spend a lot of money to eat healthy. Today I’m going to show you that’s not the case. I will be updating as I munch throughout the day. (As an added bonus, I have not been eating healthy at all on vacation, so putting this out there will really [...]

Chase To Lower Debit Card Limit? New Bank Needed!

It’s no secret that I’m a reluctant customer of Chase Bank. I was an enthusiastic customer of Washington Mutual; I liked the way its employees did business, the way it treated me like a valued customer despite my teensy savings, and especially loved its free checking and policy on ATM fees.  When Chase bought WaMu [...]

Getting Back on Budgeting Track

When you’re sick, time flies by: a nap turns in to a five-hour sleep session, fatigue can ground you for an entire day, and suddenly you’ve lost an entire week to the flu. Such was the case with me last week – I was achy, feverish, sore, and tired. I missed two days of work, [...]

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