Category: Frugality

  • My Shiny New Bike and a 70% RoI

    As most of you know school has started up once again.  Considering that I am so close to ASU (about a mile one-way) I thought it might make sense to forgo driving to school in favor of either walking or riding my bike.  It turned out, however, that my old bike (which had been sitting…

  • How to Choose Insurance Deductibles

    How much should my insurance deductibles be? You’ve all heard the question asked before, and maybe you’ve even asked it yourselves.  It’s a rather straightforward question, but there is no one right answer.  Everyone has a different financial situation and as such should look at their individual situations to decide how much to set deductibles…

  • Do You Really Need Cable?

    It’s not always easy to admit that there are certain things in our life that we splurge on unnecessarily.  I’ll be the first to admit that I love technology and that I probably spend too much money on “tech toys” such as my beautiful MacBook Pro or my game systems or those Bose headphones that…