Hi, I am looking for individuals or restaurants in the Chicago area that would like to share an order of 2000lbs of ground beef. I can take around 700lbs. If I could find 4 more people to share this ground beef order, we probably could get the beef for at least half of the price at the grocery store...

I couldn't figure out where else to put this comment, so... I disagree strongly with Damon Carr's article in this week's Dollar Stretcher newsletter, claiming that there is no way to achieve financial success without "sacrifice." The use of this word implies that living a frugal...

One thing that I really enjoy about my job is that I get to meet a lot of interesting people. And, not surprisingly, many of them are of the frugal living stripe. Two of them are Annette and Steve Economides. They're often referred to as "America's Cheapest Family". I've had the...

Heard an interesting phrase at a conference I was attending. It came from Tom Evans, President and CEO of Bankrate. He said that "money is no longer a spectator sport" and I think that he's right. When we bought our first home the choices in mortgages were pretty simple. Unless you were...

Wow! The news is full of stories about rising gas and food prices. For those of us who pay attention to our expenses it's not a big surprise. We've known for awhile that's been happening. In fact, what surprises us (at least me) is that so many people were unaware of what was happening. Take...

For the first time in years, inflation is back in the news. If you've studied economics, that's no surprise to you. In an attempt to make it easy for people to borrow money, the Federal Reserve has been lowering interest rates for years. When they do that, they reduce the value of the U.S. Dollar...

Saw something fairly interesting yesterday. I was sitting waiting for a stoplight to change when a cab pulled into the lane next to me. I knew it was a cab because it had a sign painted on the door. The car was a little smaller and older than what you normally think of as a cab. Then the cab pulled forward...

I think that those of us who are into frugal living are blessed with a lot of fine resources. Among them is a magazine and website called "Real Simple." Their main focus is on simple living (with a modern interpretation). They had contacted me about an article they were working on awhile back...

I was invited to a friend's surprise birthday party this weekend. Had a great time. Good friends and good food. Can't ask for much more than that! But I noticed something during the afternoon/evening. This friend often hosts an 'open house'. They'll throw on a big batch of food, people...

Just finished an overnight road trip with a friend of mine. Saw something that I'm still not sure what to make of it. Somewhere along I-75 just south of the Florida/Georgia border is a truck stop with an amazing store attached to it. I doubt that it's unique. I just don't get on the interstate...