Lately, I have spent much of my time patrolling websites like J.Crew and Bluefly, looking to see if any of the million or so items I have recently purchased have been reduced further in price. Everyday, Bluefly sends me emails with their "lowest...

I've recently been thinking about how much money I spend on Gavin's clothing and whether or not I am getting my money's worth. Generally, since he grows out of and/or ruins clothing pretty quickly, I don't think I am. The Ex and I, ever the...

People are f-ing crazy. A 33-year old American woman named Nadya Suleman just had a set of octuplets, bringing her total number of children to fourteen. Fourteen! Holy hell. And, the oldest of the children is seven. She has fourteen children under...

I used to think I was resourceful with money. Today, however, on a shopping trip with two girlfriends, I caught myself wondering if I was just plain cheap. Standing in the outlet for a high-end children's clothing store, I was wincing at the thought...

The price of babysitting is staggering. When I babysat as a teen (barely a decade ago), I remember earning $4 per hour - sometimes $5 if the family was feeling generous. When I first started searching for a sitter for my son just a few years ago, I...