A Summer 2012 Roundup

Happy Summer, if you are fellow Northern Hemispherian, else, if you are on the south side you’re heading into winter, right? Me, I don’t care for the hot weather, I’ll take 40F over 90F any day, but I know most people life the warm weather, so I’ll go along with it.

I just caught an article at Debt Princess titled What NOT to Do: Justify a Bad Purchase. I often find that sometimes the negative examples are as much of a lesson as the positive ones. By all means, look at what people are doing right and learn from them, but also, learn from others’ mistakes to know what not to do. In this case, we have a case that’s probably worse than buyer’s remorse, it’s convincing yourself a bad purchase was good.

The Mighty Bargain Hunter explained The secret to getting rid of things by selling them. Some great tips on how to declutter and make a few bucks wile doing so.

Next, at Careful Cents, some Non-Traditional Ways to Cut Your Grocery Bill. For many people, after their mortgage, the grocery bill is the biggest expense in their budget. It’s also not cast in stone. Spend a bit of time with this great advice as to how you can trim that grocery bill down. A lot of ideas here, use one, or all, and save some bucks.

At I Am 1 Percent, a guest post from Debt and Buried – Worst Money Mistake. It’s tough to look back and ask what you could have done differently because at the time it feels like you’re doing it right. I’m thinking about my own mistakes and whether I should share them in a future article.

We’ll wrap up this week with Generation X Finance’ Mortgage Rates Are Low, But It May Still Cost You. Indeed, refinancing often comes with costs, among them, the closing fees, and points. There’s a bit of math you need to do to make sure you’re not throwing good money after bad.

Stay cool.