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May 2010

Are You Financially Fit?

May 7, 2010

I caught this new “Bills IQ” tool over on Financial Press Gazette and thought I’d take it myself :) (You like how I pimp out my other site like that? Pretending I didn’t upload that very press release myself? haha…) It took me about 5 mins to run through and covers 5 main areas: Credit,Debt, Budget, Wealth, and Life Plan [...]

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Weekly Roundup + We Won 4 PLUTUS Awards!

May 7, 2010

Hello my fine friends! It’s been a helluva great week here and I just wanted to thank each of you for making this site what it is :)  From the Time mentions, to the Plutus Awards, you guys keep me going like no other. THANK YOU!!! We took the top spot in 4 Plutus Awards this year (!!!): [...]

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4 Thoughtful (but Frugal) Ways to Celebrate Mom

May 6, 2010

You haven’t forgotten about dear old mom for Mother’s Day have you? You know it’s this Sunday, right?  If you have, consider this your slap on the head ;)  And believe me, I’ve already slapped myself a few times cuz I keep on forgetting too! Although it doesn’t help that the day before we’ll be [...]

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Book Giveaway #8: Your Money Ratios: 8 Simple Tools for Financial Security

May 5, 2010

April/May Giveaway Month(s) continues! Although we only have a few more books left….”Only” haha…seriously, who knew a blog could be sent so many? :) Here’s what we got today – looks to be a good one: Your Money Ratios: 8 Simple Tools for Financial Security (by Charles Farrell) And here’s a clip from the press [...]

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Net Worth Update – April: $166,261.93 (!!!)

May 4, 2010

Another great month! Up $15G’s and pimpin’… Lots of great things were happening this month – we got our tax refunds back, the markets picked up again, and we overall just kept our head in the game. I’ve said it before, but once you get used to spending a certain amount every month it’s SO [...]

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How Rich ARE You?

May 3, 2010

I was forwarded this site from a good friend of mine (Mr. Coffee Cents himself) and it turns out I’m pretty RICH! The 49,322,169th richest person in the world to be exact ;)  But what’s crazy about this is that I fall into the Top 1% of the world’s wealthiest people.  THE WORLD’S. That means [...]

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