Archives for Savings & Budgets - Page 4
How to Have a Budget and Savings While Living on Tips?
Mike wrote a wonderful and informative series on tipping etiquette earlier this year, but I've been thinking about those on the other end of tipping quite a bit lately. I've…
Insufficient Funds: How to get those fees refunded
Last month, the wife and I tried a new money-system which included more sharing than before and much less in our own bank accounts. As a result, I misjudged what…
Remember Layaway?
If you are my age or older, my guess is that when I ask the question -- do you remember layaway? -- you can answer yes. Perhaps it seems like…
A Summer of Money Misery
It's a little difficult to write about money when your finances are in a shambles. Which is to say: hi! I'm back. I have no more savings, but no new…
Earn 7% Plus on your Emergency Fund…
...and now I have your attention. Hi, my name is Roland and Nina has been kind enough to ask me to write some articles for Queercents and I look forward…
The Cost of Being an Olympic Athlete
The Beijing Olympics are in full swing. Most certainly there are numerous gay athletes both out of the closet and in hiding. I recently read The Advocate article on Australian…
5 ways to save money with Yelp!
If you've been hiding in a cave for last few years and haven't heard of , think of it as one big comment card for every type of business in…
Monthly Home Office Expenses: Is It Feasible to Use Cell Phone Only and Lose the Landline Phone?
I am pretty diligent about reviewing my monthly expenses periodically to see where and what I can trim. Recently, I got back into doing an overhaul of expenses in light…
Are you shopping online to save time, money and gas?
'œTime is money.' '“ Benjamin Franklin recently reported that visits to online shopping sites are increasing. You would think people would be buying less these days. But wait '“ it…
SmartyPig: Social networking meets good old-fashioned savings
Giveaway alert: read this entire post for the chance to win a SmartyPig $100 gift card. SmartyPig reminds me of the days when my grandmother made weekly deposits to her…