by Mike Collins | General
Well we made it through yet another holiday season. All the shopping, wrapping, cooking, and traveling made the whole holiday feel like an exhausting marathon. Don’t get me wrong, it was a lot of fun and I enjoyed every minute of it (well maybe not the minutes I...
by Mike Collins | Personal Finance
As another year nears its end, now is the time for us to reflect back on everything we accomplished over the last twelve months and plan our goals for the coming year. The most common resolutions are made by people looking to improve their health by losing weight or...
by Mike Collins | Personal Finance
Do you ever sit and wonder where the heck all your money is going? We all have spending leaks that slowly eat away at our finances. And much like a drippy faucet that slowly leaks water, even a small spending leak can add up to big money over time. Here are a few...
by Mike Collins | Budgeting
With the holiday season upon us, the malls are packed with eager shoppers looking to stuff their loved one’s stockings with all sorts of gifts. It certainly can be rewarding to watch the looks on their faces when they open the gifts you gave them to find exactly what...
by Mike Collins | Budgeting
Too many personal finance bloggers are just too extreme in the advice they give their readers. They expect you to either live like a monk who never spends a dime or haggle over each and every purchase you make because “a penny saved is a penny earned.” That kind of...
by Mike Collins | Budgeting
The holidays are upon us! Hopefully that means you’ve already set aside plenty of cash to cover all the gifts, wrapping paper, egg nog, and other expenses that come up this time of year. What? You haven’t saved a dime for the holidays?? You mean you never got...
