What do you think of when you hear the term “personal finance”? For many, it brings forth thoughts or 401k and IRA accounts, investments, and bank accounts. And I agree with all of those. However, it seems like most personal finance blogs focus on how to maximize income and spend little time discussing how to [...]

I posted previously about the lack of great CVS deals recently, and it doesn’t look like that will be changing anytime soon. With that said, here is an overview of the best of the CVS deals for the first half of August. Remember these are YMMV depending on whether you have the coupons mentioned. Week [...]

I posted Friday about the amazing deal on Walgreens diapers that was going Friday and Saturday only, and shared that I end up getting 87 packs of diapers and training pants along with various other stuff for a grand total of $1.18 out of pocket, plus I earned $55 in register rewards coupons and earned [...]

I mentioned in my last post how I was getting totally bored with CVS and their deals. Well, thankfully Walgreens is picking up the slack on their deals, and today and tomorrow (7/25-26) they have an absolutely incredible deal going on Walgreens brand diapers. It is a little YMMV (your mileage may vary), however my [...]

I written many times about the awesome deals you can get at CVS, but I’ve lost a bit of the enthusiasm I once had. Not too long ago savvy CVS shoppers were treated to a feast of free products and plenty of coupons to make the deals even better, but things seem to have changed. [...]

I mentioned previously that I was laid off from my job several weeks ago, and last week I finally saw the first of my unemployment benefits from the State of Texas. Considering the purpose of the benefits is to help cover basic living expenses such as mortgage payments and the like during periods of joblessness, [...]

I often read other personal finance blogs to learn ways to better manage my finances and make some easy cash, and one of the coolest ones I have found is Hustler $$$ Blog. It never ceases to amaze me all the different ways this guy finds to make extra cash and find free crap. If [...]

I saw a post about Sharebuilder over at Hustler Money Blog and it reminded me of how this is my all-time favorite money making deal. I’m not sure how it is that I haven’t posted about this one previously, but back in the day we made a total of about $2000 between my wife and [...]

I found an interesting site that aims to quantify your “BillsIQ”. What the heck does this mean? Well, the site basically presents you with a short financial quiz to help you assess where you are in terms of getting your financial house in order. The quiz has five sections: credit, debt, budget, wealth, and life [...]

Considering all of the losses and pain that has been caused by lax lending standards in the mortgage industry, you would think that lenders would have learned their lesson and tightened up credit standards. Of course that would require common sense, which unfortunately is in short supply these days. The latest questionable practice is referred [...]