Looking for slash your grocery bills while still eating well? Learn how to create your price book and grocery list! Saving Money with Grocery Lists and Price Books For us, food is the biggest monthly expense after housing. While we don’t want to spend a huge amount, when we cut costs we focus on items […]
Next week, after we close on the town house, we’re going to having a painting party. We’re spending money on the refrigerator and now we’re spending money on painting the place. We’re planning on living on rice and beans for the next months to build up our savings again. 🙂 Painting Supplies to Pick Up I […]
We’re in the process of buying a town house (met with another mortgage broker last week) and we’re trying to be as informed as we possibly can. Hunting for a Better Mortgage Interest Rate This weekend while we were out of town, I was looking up information about mortgages and reading paperwork from the bank […]
Last week, I covered getting out of credit card debt. I tackled some ways you can dig yourself out of debt without paying a debt consolidation company. Now I wanted to talk about the pros and cons of using credit cards with your finances. There are a few personal finance bloggers who are very vocal […]
Credit Card Debt – Tips to Get Out of It Before I got married, I had some credit card debt due to a combination of bad budgeting and impulsive buys. I worked hard and managed to get out of debt, giving me less stress. I know I’m not the only one who has been with […]
Snapshot of Our Net Worth for October 2009 It’s time to do our monthly net worth review on Couple Money. Come see how progress we made this past month as we work towards financial freedom. Cash Savings and Emergency Funds This category includes our checking and savings accounts. I also opened a Wachovia Way2Save account […]
How can you have a blog called Couple Money without discussing the topic of joint or separate accounts? Having either joint bank accounts, separate bank accounts, or a combination of the two is a very personal and emotional topic and tends to lead to some great debates. I want to start off saying that what we […]
After watching a segment from Jay Leno, it occurs to me that personal finances is something that we shouldn’t take for granted. Mutual Fund Expense Questions Investing is a wonderful way to grow your money, but the financial terminology associated with it can scare some people. What is a mutual fund? I searched online to […]
