Getting approval from my cheap friend

I’m flying off to Europe tomorrow (my birthday, by the way), and I have to decide whether to take a cab or the subway to the airport. I should probably take the train and save $60, but my plane leaves at 7:30 a.m., and the subway can’t really be trusted that early in the morning. [...]

In which Jon makes a good investing decision … and I nix it.

For the most part, Jon and I are on the same page about money matters, but we just had a medium-sized fight. Jon, as you already know if you read this blog (thanks, mom), often badgers me about buying stock whenever he thinks he sees a good deal.
Last Tuesday, Jon spent all day badgering me [...]

Budget Recipe #2: Cheap, easy, delicious pasta sauce

It’s so easy to make your own pasta sauce, that I’m surprised more people don’t do it. The sauce you make at home is far superior to most store-bought products. And it’s easy to freeze. This recipe makes enough to serve 4-6 people, with plenty left over to freeze. To make it even more hearty [...]

More money-saving grocery tips

My first attempt at winning a $25 Whole Foods gift certificate by submitting a money-saving tip didn’t work. So I submitted a few more. Here they are:

We do a big shopping trip every two weeks, where we buy canned goods, frozen foods, and meat. Then, the second week, we do a much smaller shopping trip [...]

Finding bargains in a bear market

For the last six months, Jon and I have talked a lot about looking for bargains in the stock market, and tried our hand at finding a few of them. Here’s how we’ve done:

We bought GE when its stock fell to around $30, which we thought was a great deal. Now, the stock is down [...]