I have been rambling about back to school for awhile now. We bought uniforms, shoes, backpacks, and tons of supplies, only to receive more detailed supply lists and a list of fees (lab fees, band fees, etc…) that need to be paid.
Needless to say, with four kids every penny counts! If [...]

The ever rising grocery prices are killing my budget right now. In fact they shot my budget 5 times in the head. Then along came the gas prices and they kicked my budget and they kicked my budget in the ribs in those last few moments that it was still breathing.
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One of my favorite holidays and I’ve not really been here to pass on goodies to you. I wanted to get you at least one little tidbit before this beautiful day was out.
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I’m sure that I don’t have to tell you that just about anything for kids will cost an arm and a leg at the store. And it’s getting more expensive every day. Heck, just the other day I took the kids to Target to get new socks and underwear. That was all [...]

Can I just say that I (pink puffy heart) Turbo Tax!?! I’ve been a Turbo Tax filer for about 5 or 6 years now I think … I love it, I can’t believe I used to fill my taxes out with a pencil, what was I thinking? I finally got our taxes filed [...]

Talk about saving money is everywhere right now. Everything is about saving money on everything. Why? Because the economy bites at the moment. A recent article in Woman’s Day had some great tips on having fun with the family without spending the bank.
From friday night game nights
With the [...]

So, it’s tax time and you get to thinking about your budget and your income and all that other stuff. Brian’s W2 came this weekend, finally. That’s the first piece of anything we’ve gotten for our taxes so far. I don’t know how I ended up at EPI (Economic Policy Institute) but [...]