With over $200,000 in student loans, and our hair-brained ideas to pay them off as soon as possible,  gift-giving holidays are one of my biggest frugal challenges. With the next holiday quickly appro Read more [...]

On the non-financial resolutions and goals I set at the beginning of the year, I have managed to get to bed earlier. I have been reading and relaxing more at night, which feels great. But my body is e Read more [...]

Have you ever wondered how long you could go without going to the grocery store? Or how long you could stretch your pantry stockpile? Maybe you (like me) have dried beans in there that you moved from Read more [...]

Winter is here. Although I intended to publish this post tomorrow, today's ridiculously low temperatures motivated me to publish this a little early. Not only are these good strategies for renters, bu Read more [...]

January first marked a new month and a new year, so although this is a financial update on our month, it's worthwhile to spend a few moment looking at the year in review as well. In the past year, we Read more [...]

It's the time of year when we are bombarded with messages of New Years' resolutions and goals. I've been reading about them all week, hesitant to establish any New Years resolutions myself. Why? Becau Read more [...]

I already have everything I want for Christmas. The other morning, I picked my son up out of his bed and got a two-minute, full-body hug. His arms wrapped around my neck, legs wrapped around my waist, Read more [...]

"I think I overdid it." Is as familiar of a phrase to me as "I'm not going to go overboard this year." I hear the latter phrase in November and the former phrase in late December. My mom, bless her he Read more [...]

Back in October, I challenged myself to spend $10 on the rest of my holiday gifts. Are you wondering how it's going? If you've been following Stapler Confessions on Twitter or Facebook, you know tha Read more [...]

Recently, retailers have sent out some great "no minimum purchase" coupons worth $5, $7, and $10. If you're a Stapler Confessions Facebook fan or Twitter follower, you know that Eddie Bauer and Shop Y Read more [...]