Eating Out
The Wisdom Journal has a great article on tips for eating out as a family, but only paying for one. He turned me on to a great site: My Kids Eat Free. We like to eat out, so I found some new restaurants and which days to go. We also found that one [...]

Posted March 8, 2008 in Roundups | 6 Comments »

In Save Money at the Pump a reader, Jim, mentioned that he could sponsor my purchase of a new car. That reminded me of some great discounts that exist when buying a new car. Many are hard to beat if negotiation makes you queasy. If you are a great negotiator you can compare the discounts [...]

Posted March 7, 2008 in Savings | 4 Comments »

It’s the time of year that high school seniors have received their college acceptance letters, are waiting for their letters, or are doing the best to evaluate schools based on financial aid.
Smart Money put an article together detailing 9 Ways to help you get more financial aid.

Posted March 6, 2008 in College savings | 4 Comments »

After my husband read our net worth update, he asked why our portfolio was declining and if contributions wouldn’t offset the declines. I explained that we had reduced our savings contributions significantly in the last few years, which alarmed him.
Actually, the strategy I came up with is anything but alarming. Here’s an example of how [...]

Posted March 5, 2008 in Investing, Retirement, Savings | 18 Comments »

After reporting on my personal net worth for the month, I like to follow it up with how the site performed. As one of the components to our finances I included goals for My Dollar Plan in our 2008 goals. Here’s how the site did!
Site Statistics
My Dollar Plan had 9,870 unique visitors in February. Compared [...]

Posted March 4, 2008 in Blogging, Dollar Plan News | 9 Comments »