Halloween: Frugal Costumes Bring in Record Hauls

I will say right now, I’m not a big fan of Halloween. I hate the commercialism. I’m not big on the scary stuff or the gore. I don’t like the concentration on candy or kids walking around after dark. And I despise the very concept of paying hard-earned dollars on incredibly tacky and over-commercialized store-bought [...]

$$: Gas, Juice, & Small Loan

Total Spent Today: $53.00

Today was a very loonnnnnnnng day.
I went to bed at 11:30pm last night.  I woke up this morning at 4:45am — about 15 minutes before my alarm was due to go off.  The Daughter’s volleyball team made it into the state Regionals tournament which was being held today — in a very small, remote town over [...]