Frugal Babe

Money, Matter, and More Musings has written a great pollwith 20 questions everyone should ask themselves regarding personal finance.  I feel like I’m pretty much on top of our finances, but I was not able to answer yes to every question.  There were five questions that made me realize that I still have work to do:
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Earlier this summer, my husband had a dermatology procedure done in a local office.  We had picked that office because they offered the best price - we knew nothing about them beforehand. 
Over the last few months, we’ve gone back and forth with them about the bill.  Basically, they quoted about $300 plus pathology over the [...]

I just got back from taking my card samplesto the store I found on Sunday… now I have to wait a week for them to look over my stuff and get back to me about whether they want to carry my cards in their store.  I decided to hold off on the other two stores [...]

EDIT:  during the three years that we’ve been paying off this debt, the highest total before-tax income we ever had was $56,765 for the two of us together.  That was in 2006, and was considerably higher than the previous two years.  We paid off the debt by being frugal, not by earning big bucks. 
This week I’ll be sending $500 to [...]

Yesterday I read an article in a magazine about people who had been getting by just fine until a serious illness put their finances into a tailspin.  (sorry, I can’t remember what magazine I was reading - it was during my break at the library and I looked at several) Every one of the people [...]

We have a huge maple tree in our front yard.  It’s a great shade tree, and sitting on our front porch feels like being in the forest since the tree obscures most of the street from view.  But it’s getting a bit out of control.  My husband has climbed on the roof a couple times [...]

One of my best friends sold her house yesterday.  About 18 hours before the closing, my friend got the final numbers from the realtor and bank, with closing costs, mortgage payoff info, etc.  She had taken out the loan 2 years ago for $118,000.  She’s made all her payments since then, and each month the [...]

NCN has posted a list of questions he has about money (he is one of the original PF blogger gurus, so it’s reassuring to know that even he still has unanswered questions). I found myself asking the same questions on number 1 (what’s in your retirement account) and number 2 (saving for college). [...]

I just read a post at Get Rich Slowly about raising a family on one income.  The post was written by GRS’ cousin, Mrs. Darling.   The post was not unusual - most of the things that Mrs. Darling and her family have done over the years are not new to frugal folks.  They have lived within [...]

When we installed our new storm door recently, we threw away a few strips of plastic that were left over after we had everything in place.  It looked like they were meant to go on another door (the instructions were for several different doors), and we pitched them with the packaging.  Bummer.  The door had [...]