I know that a typical fabric Halloween costume and an accessory or two these days costs run about $20 to $30. I’ve seen the retail outfits on display in the Monroe-area stores for this season, and I know that the fabric to make the most common trick-or-treat costumes would cost about that much even when [...]

Do you want to read financial tips and information from some really cool people?
Check out The Debt Hawk’s list of Top 100 Personal Finance Bloggers on Twitter.
Money Beagle and Free Money Finance, who are on the list, are both from Michigan.

Do you Twitter? I do. You’ll find me at @monroeonabudget.
I thought Twitter might work well as a professional social media “personality” for this blog, and it has. I quickly found lots of frugal living and personal finance bloggers whom I’m already familiar with and added them to my “following” list.
And for a news junkie, well, [...]

USA Today had this report earlier this week:  Scams about foreclosures, jobs, IRS feed on desperation.
A snippet:
Last September, Esmeralda Carmona only had enough money to pay a fraction of her mortgage. Her husband, laid off nearly a year earlier, had not worked in nine months. Debt was mounting, and the mother of four was prepared [...]

Mercedes at Common Sense With Money, who is one of the Wal-Mart Eleven Moms bloggers, says on her twitter that she’s never put together an Easter basket and is “begging” for tips.
Hmm… I bet some of my blog readers are in that situation too this year.
Here’s what I posted on my twitter, edited so it [...]

An interesting question popped up on Twitter this morning when dbishop103 asked “Does anyone ever post more than one blog post a day? Or is that stupid?”
My Twitter reply to that question: “I make a blog post whenever I want. Sometimes that is several times a day.”
I also don’t keep any deadlines on the budget [...]

I got into a conversation on Twitter tonight with another mom who is worried about college money for her 6-year-old son when they’re already living on a tight budget.
If you are the twitter type, here’s my page and you can follow the thread between me and ADramaticMommy.
If twitter chat is a little confusing for you [...]

Today is Ash Wednesday. For many Christians, this day is the start of a season of prayer and penitence in preparation for Easter.
The customary response to the season has been “What are you giving up for Lent?”
The assumption is that one would take the money saved from whatever bad habit or treats that have been [...]

Here’s another addition to make to your  mp3 / music video collection:
Simply Red’s Money’s Too Tight to Mention.
It’s getting links on Twitter among the frugal living / money tweeters as a recommendation for “the recession’s official soundtrack”!
Click on my archives for Music for your mp3 player to find other money-related tunes.

One of the best posts you’ll find on Twitter on frugality is at @urbanmoneygal:
Frugal is a way of life, not a way of shopping.