Current Affairs
Happy Affordable Valentine’s Day
Hi Frugs! Here are some awesome Valentine’s Day tips for having an affordable one with your loved one! There is something to be said for spending it frugally and fabulously. Money can’t buy happiness, but saving your money can make you rather secure!! Love you all!! Rest in peace, Whitney Houston!!! I love her song, [...]
STOP SOPA
Hey Frugs! So, I’d like for you all to take a second and read up on proposed legislation that’s working it’s way through Congress. Wikipedia went dark today and Google blacked out its name in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act. I hate online piracy. Despise it. I don’t think *this* proposed legislation is [...]
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Hello, Frugalistas! I just wanted to pass along this money fact on the holiday observing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday: Dr. King won $54,123 in 1964 when he won the Nobel Peace Price at age 35. He used the money to support civil rights. That amount of money was quite a bit for the [...]
Women Are Having Fewer Kids
Oh wow! The birth rate has hit an all time low because of the economy, according to the Associated Press. Most ages and races reported a dip in births. Hmm. I guess it’s smart that you shouldn’t have a child if you can’t afford him or her. Or even if you have a great job, [...]
First Lady “Frugalista” Michelle Obama on Extreme Makeover
I dubbed First Lady Michelle Obama a “Frugalista,”when I discovered that despite her high profile position, she reuses the clothes that she wears. She’s going to be on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, tonight. The First Lady, along with Extreme Makeover, is helping out former Navy soldier Barbara Marshall who runs a program that provides women [...]
Kim Kardashian Made Money Off Her Wedding
Happy Tuesday, my Frugalistas(os)! So, the second coming, also known as Kim Kardashian’s wedding, happened this weekend. I’m reading all kinds of reports that Kim earned $18 million from her wedding. Wow! Here is a breakdown, from The New York Post: Payments they received * $15 million plus profit for four-hour, two-part wedding special on [...]
Home Ownership is Overrated!
Did I catch your attention? I’m dramatic. I was recently interviewed by CNBC about my views on home ownership. I’ve lived in Florida for many years and have often had conflicted feelings about the housing market here. When I first got here in 2000, homes were really affordable and then the housing prices increased to [...]
Is Ashton Kutcher a Frugalisto?
Stop the presses! At the recent Teen Choice Awards, Ashton Kutcher lectured the crowd about using credit cards and going into debt when accepting an award. Whoa! Who knew that Ashton was down with the Frugalisto lifestyle? Hurrah!!! Here’s what he said: “I want to say thank you, but I also want to give you [...]
College Women Use Sugar Daddies to Pay Student Loans
The Huffington Post has an article on how college women are using websites to meet older men, so they can get their bills paid. And we aren’t talking about scholarships! Women can get paid $1,000 for keeping company with the gentlemen. Sex is an unspoken requirement for the coeds to get the cash. The article [...]
Book Fest on Sunday
Hello! How are you? I just wanted to jump in and say that if you’re in Chicago, I’ll be at the Chicago Tribune’s Printers Row Literary Fest tomorrow (Sunday, June 5)at noon on the Trib Nation stage. I’ll be chatting with the Chicago Tribune’s personal finance columnist Gail Marks Jarvis about shopping and living frugally. [...]
