Meijer Savings

How We saved $2,000 at Meijer in 2014

Meijer is a large grocery store chain based in Grand Rapids, MI.  They have stores all over Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio.  For several years we have done the majority of our shopping at Meijer because on average they have better prices and better meat and fresh fruits and vegetables …

New Parent

Financial Guide For New Parents

Becoming a new parent is one of the scariest things you will ever go through, it’s also one of the most expensive.  Throughout the last decade of being a father I have come across several ideas for how to manage finances once children enter your world.  Last year I wrote …

End Of Year Update

2014 End of Year Update

This is the third quarterly installment of my financial updates. As I have stated in the past I am not comfortable revealing actual dollar amounts at this point of time, so all of the information presented here will be in the form of percentages. End of Year Update: Financials   Emergency …

Awesome Articles

December 2014 Awesome Article Round Up

Money Beagle posted “Why You Should Pretend Gas Is Still $4 Per Gallon” Gas prices change a ton and people tend to forget that.  There are even people right now deciding to buy gas guzzling SUVs and big trucks because they can now afford the fuel.  The thing is, gas …