Yesterday my wife and I went grocery shopping. Our new hobby has been seeing how much money we can save purchasing products we can and will use, usually product we would have purchased full price anyway, using coupons and shopping smartly. We got a late start yesterday, but we managed to hit three stores yesterdayContinue reading “Practice Smart Shopping”
Category Archives: Thrifty
God Tears a Man Down, Just to Lift Him Up
I recently had to make some difficult decisions, some pretty big, life-changing decisions. But first a little background. Ten years ago, I was unhappy at my current job. I was a software developer working for a smallish company. There was nothing really wrong with the company itself and the work I was doing was satisfyingContinue reading “God Tears a Man Down, Just to Lift Him Up”
The Simple Life
One of the ideas that I wanted to talk about on this site that I’ve not explored much (only one article really) is living a simple, frugal life. What do I mean by that. Well quite simply, to be a better steward of my money, to be smart about where my resources go, and toContinue reading “The Simple Life”
Dependencies
What are we dependent on these days? Maybe the bigger question is, what are we dependent on that is truly not necessary? I work in the IT field and as such, I’m very dependent on a connection to the internet to do my job to the best of my ability. Today our office’s internet wasContinue reading “Dependencies”
Grocery Shopping
Today was grocery shopping day. Not that we have a special day for that, but when you’re low on food or other essentials, then it’s grocery shopping day. Since money is tight these days we try our best to shop smart. While we are not the best (I know people that can get tons ofContinue reading “Grocery Shopping”
Exceptional Christian 