Life Lessons: Name Brand vs. Store Brand
As we’re on the way home from the movie tonight, I learn that #1 Son drank all the milk with his supper tonight. I was planning to use that milk to make pancakes tomorrow, so we need to stop and get some on our way home. I pull into the CashSaver near our house and […]
Financial Insanity … and Hope
Financially, this has been the year from Hell in the Editormum household. I still have my full-time administrative assistant job, thank God, but the freelancing work fell off dramatically this year. (Note to my current clients: Thank you! I value each and every one of you in ways you cannot begin to guess.) I have […]
An Overlooked Economic Indicator
I’ve worked for the same company for five years, and this will be my sixth year of tracking the gifts sent to our company during the holiday season. (Okay, the Christmas season. I’m a Christian, and I celebrate Christmas. But my bosses are Jewish; they celebrate Hanukkah. Makes life interesting.) Anyway, for six years, I’ve kept […]
Biting the Budget Bullet
Gas prices and grocery prices are killing me. Actually, it’s really that the consumer debt I’ve racked up over the years eats a lot of the paycheck. So I don’t have the wiggle room to adjust for a $40 fill-up. Or apples at $1 apiece. I had made a good-sized hole in paying off the […]
I Caved.
I couldn’t take it anymore … the sleepless nights, the restless sleep when I did get to sleep, the uncomfortable clothes, the sweating …. I turned on the air conditioner at 1:30 this morning. A week earlier than I like to turn it on, but it was 86 in the house at 1:00, and it […]