Financial Cookie Jar

Along with knowing the difference between what you NEED and what you WANT, a wise consumer knows how to budget for they want. If you NEED to buy something that is a large purchase plan ahead.

 We can blame a company or advertiser for making a product seem so appealing or we can break down and realize it was our own selfish desires that lead us to make that big purchase.

Save save save. The economy is clearly telling us right now that we as a society have not learned the importance of saving. It’s too bad that we’ve had to learn the lesson the hard way but that seems to be a common theme with people, myself included. In my life I have learned that [...]