Month: May 2008

Three Old School Ways to Save Money

Save Money with these new tips and you can also help save the earth. Living green is easy to do if you take it in small steps . We can all save money by incorporating a few simple steps into our lives and by doing them gradually we might not even miss the little things we had to give up. I have followed some of these tips in...

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Carnival of Wealth, Money and Life Carnival #1

The Carnival of Wealth, Money and Life will be going up on Monday, May 5th at Dollar Frugal so you still have a little bit of time to submit your entry. The topic for the month is Emergency Funds but you can submit anything that is related to Wealth, Money and Life and still have a chance at being in this new and exciting...

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Tracking My Finances In May: Day 2

Welcome to How I Save Money and tracking of income and expenses for the month. Income for the month to date: $4.30 Expenses for the month to date: $768.87 Net effect: -$764.57 As I mentioned before last month I was able to stay under my total budget even though I went over the food and gas categories. This month I plan on...

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Save Money on Mother’s Day Gifts

Mother’s Day is just around the corner and if you are trying to save money on mothers day gifts then you might want to check out 1800flowers to see what is available. If you order early then you can save up to 40% on floral arrangements or gift baskets. My mother LOVES flowers, especially orchids so I am looking at...

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Save Money In An Emergency Fund

I am always talking about how to save money so I thought I would talk about my Emergency Fund here for a little bit. You hear personal finance bloggers talking about the Emergency Fund all the time and in some cases it sounds very complicated. In reality it is really easy to set up and maintain an Emergency Fund and once you...

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