The Lifelong Battle Penny pinching at the grocery store with your coupons and budgets may seem like a tactful way to be financially sly, but successful financial management goes beyond the everyday savings. Like it or not, you are going to face “credit-critical” decisions over and over...

If any of you are like me there’s nothing worse than bills with variable costs. You have your monthly budget set and then poof out of nowhere you have an outrageous electricity bill and you can forget about that special family outing you had planned. The Department of Energy reports average...

Whether you thrift to just to save money or because it’s the hipster thing to do, the thrill of the hunt is all the same. The stacks of junk to some are mounds of treasure to others. When you really think about it though, thrifting is more than just a good time. It has become a movement...

  1. Fort Worth Stock Yards: Once a former livestock market, the stock yards are a perfect place to experience the old west! Here you will find entertainment, restaurants, shopping, and daily cattle drives through the streets held at 11:30 am and 4 pm. Yeh-Haw! [Free]  2. Dallas...

  It’s that time of year again where school is just around the corner and your to-do list feels like it’s never going to end. As the countdown to your kid’s first day back is quickly approaching, the anxiety of the big back to school shopping trip weighs in. The National...