My Daily Dollars

Today’s article on “Failing Home Economics” in the New York Times got me thinking and reading a new blog.  You know, my mother was a home economics teacher, so thanks to her, I passed home ec with flying colors.  When it comes to budgeting though, Penelope Green found excellent examples of the failures we all make [...]

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For the last week or so, I feel like my husband and I have been spending like mad.  To wit:

A new car
stepdaughter’s birthday presents and party
new shoes (me)
new shirts (2 for him, one for me)
cologne (him)
a new watch (me)
very expensive juice (him. . .how expensive could juice be?  you’d be surprised!)
groceries and wine
dinner out (me)
plane [...]

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Yesterday was our first snowy day here in Ohio.  I loved being all nestled in, watching the snow coming down.  November is great because all the winter-y things seem cozy.  Now, by February, it’s a whole different story!  While we had fun relaxing most of the day, it was time to get out of the [...]

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