Building a Budget in Five Easy Steps

A colleague recently said, “I signed up for Mint.com to learn how to budget. I linked up all my other accounts. Now what?” Good question. Signing up for a free secure personal finance site like Mint.com or Personal Capital is a great first step to build a budget. Once your accounts are synched though, there [...]

Spontaneity Costs More

Inspired by a show on the History Channel this morning, fresh out of bed and still a little sleepy, I said to man-friend, “Let’s go to the Field Museum. We haven’t been there in ages and they have all the Mesoamerican stuff we just watched in the program.”  He, drinking coffee, noted that we were [...]

My Budgeting Weakness

Fergie might be up in the gym workin’ on her fitness, but when the weather’s nice in Chicago all the running junkies like me hit the road. In October especially, it seems like everyone’s a running fool.  I guess living in a city rich with decadent food treasures means guys and gals alike have to [...]

Mint.com Review: A Convenient Timesaver

Given that I run a site called The Budgeting Babe, people are always asking me to review one financial product or another. And I usually decline. Why? Some valid reasons, some not… For one, I have never considered myself a financial expert that should be judging someone else’s work. But also most requests are poorly [...]

"Get your financial house in order"

Most personal finance books start at some variation of “Chapter 1: Get your financial house in order.” Great concept. But how do we go from, “I don’t know what’s happening with my finances,” to “I feel good about my finances”? And what does “getting your financial house in order,” exactly mean? If you’re like me, [...]

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