The Cell Phone Edition is the second article in a series called Living La Vida Frugal. It’s a look at a few things that I did in the past to cut back on my spending. I got my first cell phone when I was in university. It was a birthday gift from my parents and… Read More »Living La Vida Frugal: The Cell Phone Edition
This is the first article in a series called Living La Vida Frugal. The Hair Edition takes a look at a few things that I did in the past to cut back on my spending. Back in 2008, I cut my hair and reverted to wearing my natural hair. I was wearing my hair in… Read More »Living La Vida Frugal: The Hair Edition
How We Manage Our Finances as a Couple is a guest post from Maria at The Money Principle where she blogs about financial health and challenges her readers to think about their money and their lives. It is one of the articles in the latest edition of the Yakezie blog swap. Well, the short answer… Read More »How We Manage Our Finances as a Couple
I wish that I could introduce a coupon system for shoppers in Barbados. It would take the cooperation of local and international manufacturers and retailers and the commitment of a concerned citizen (me!). I am very willing to put in the time and effort to get Barbadians shopping with coupons. I was browsing through some… Read More »Shopping with Coupons
It was a quiet week filled with studying and more studying. But I did get a chance to read at least half of the blogs on my weekly reading list. Here are the posts that caught my eye during the week of the 20 May 2012. How a Little Preparation and One Question Saved me… Read More »Weekly Report – 20 May 2012
I’m getting rid of my credit card. I’ve made up my mind after months of going back and forth about what I want to do. It was a somewhat hard decision because I’ve been with this credit card company since 2005 and it was my first credit card. However, it’s time for a change, and… Read More »Why I’m Getting Rid of My Credit Card
The term keeping up with the Joneses has been defined by the Phrase Finder as striving to match one’s neighbours in spending and social standing. Keeping up with the Joneses is officially known as conspicuous consumption. Developed by Sociologist and Economist Thorstein Veblen, it describes the act of spending money on and acquiring things to… Read More »Keeping up With the Joneses
The challenge lies not in the quest for ideas, but the means to make the ideas successful. I found an article written by Henry Unger entitled Wanted: Ideas to Create More Jobs in Georgia in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. It is an old article, but seems that in the more than two years since it… Read More »Wanted: Ideas to Create More Jobs
When you make up in your mind that you’re going to study, you’ve won only half of the battle. The other half is figuring out how to finance your education. Any bet, the reason for making the decision to study was at least one of better job prospects, a job requirement or personal enhancement. I… Read More »Figuring Out How to Finance Your Education
I don’t think that I’ve ever written a post about renting an apartment or a house. It was never something that I was interested in doing. Yes, having my own space would be nice, but the cost is a turn-off. However, my dream is to build my own home with an adjoining apartment. But, I… Read More »Valuable Tips for a First Time Renter