Shopping at the mall is one of my least favorite things to do. Unless I absolutely have to, you won’t catch me there. The crowds can be a major pain and the deals are not as great as they make them out to be. That being said, I love online shopping. It allows me to…
A few years ago I ran across this comic. I chuckled at the humor and shared it with my colleagues (I work in a financial services office so we see this sort of thing in real life quite often). I took some time to think about it and behind the humor are some important truths. …
Oh, Mama. I just did the numbers on my budget for the month of May, and I never knew meal planning could drastically cut your food spending each month. Meal planning is something I previously thought only Moms and families did, even my mother only loosely kept a meal plan when I was growing up. As…
Like most people, you probably look forward to the summer. This is the perfect time to hit the beach, spend the day at an amusement park and enjoy other family fun activities. But while the summer is an open invitation for fun, it’s also a time for higher energy bills. Some families see a significant…
Gary Dek is a writer for Gajizmo.com and is always looking for ways to make or invest money. Gary has previously worked for an internet company on their M&A team, as well as in investment banking and private equity. You’ve finished school and secured your first full time job so now you think you are…
Last April I wrote to you about how you should pay money for a gym membership. The point of the article was that it is far too difficult to motivate ourselves to do something we all know we should be doing. Instead, spending $50 to $100 per month is the motivation many people need in…