Burned by the price of wine. What would you have done?
Running, fishing, and loads of good food. Can a Fathers’ Day weekend get any better? Not in my book. We did have one problem though, and I wondered what you would have done about it. Some of us kids took my dad to a Brazilian steakhouse in Downer’s Grove for dinner on Saturday to enjoy [...]
Five Ways to Blow Your Budget
We talk a lot about how to be frugal, make smart decisions, and meet your savings goals, so I thought it would be fun to highlight a few ways I’ve missed my target budget over the years. In the spirit of learning from my mistakes, here are five easy ways to blow your budget (even [...]
A week of spending
Generally, I seem to go through cycles where I spend very little, and then one week I go out and spend a lot. Last week was that week. When I go shopping, I don’t do enough damage that I go into debt; it’s all within my monthly budget. But sometimes I wonder if I could [...]
Meet Alan the Aloe Plant
Sometimes it’s a nice day outside and you take a 10-minute walk to soak in the sun, and then you come back to your office with a $6.99 aloe plant named Alan. In my ten-plus years of office life, I’ve never had a work plant before. I was drawn in by something a little more [...]
One Wish List Item Bought
For those of you following my Selfish Little Wishlist, it’s now one item shorter. I bought a wetsuit! If you can believe it, renting one can cost anywhere from $40 to $65 for an entire weekend. I was kind of surprised by this, since you can rent them right outside my office on Lake Michigan [...]
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