This is how I define the following: Lifestyle Creep is when you expand your lifestyle by purchasing things or activities that are more expensive or better in some way. Here is a list that I would use to describe events that can only be called Lifestyle Creep: You go out and buy a boat, when you didn’t previously have a boat. … Continue reading The Difference Between Lifestyle Creep and Lifestyle Inflation
Author: Money Reasons
A offbeat personal finance blogger that comes from the tech world.
The Catch With Winning A Free House
My friend that won the house ran into one problem with her great score! Taxes!!! The $200,000 that my friend won in the post “My friend won a house“, had the taxman at her door wanting his fair share! Luckily my friend “Sis” wasn’t making as much money as she does now. But still the… Continue reading The Catch With Winning A Free House
My Close Friend Won A House
A few years back, my best friend’s sister (my close friend too, let’s call her Sis) won a new house (a townhouse), car, and other prizes that added up to a tune of about $200,000. What is her secret? Sis (and her boyfriend) filled out 50 postcards and snail mailed them to a radio show contest. At the… Continue reading My Close Friend Won A House
My Frugal First Talent Show
In our grade school (kindergartner’s thru 4th graders), we have an annual talent show that I attended for the first time. What was the reasons I waited until this year? My 6 year old daughter participated in the event this year! She was suppose to do a hula hoop show, while a song played for… Continue reading My Frugal First Talent Show