Holiday Stress: Managing the Spending This Holiday Season

We’ve talked about the problems that financial stress can have on a marriage and during the holiday season, arguments over money and how you are spending it on presents for the kids and more can seem inevitable. Making the right decisions on how to spend your money can be hard most of the year, but when it comes to Christmas shopping and looking for the right presents for your kids and more – it can a great deal more difficult. The Past Affects the Present For years, my husband and I both made a decent income with extra disposable cash … Continue reading

The Craziness of Black Friday

So my husband has never known that the day after Thanksgiving is called Black Friday. He’s also, magically somehow, escaped the Black Friday experience. I can’t really say much, last year was the first time that I ever went out willingly on the biggest shopping day of the year. In fact, I was at Target at 5 in the morning, drinking my coffee and reading my book waiting patiently with about 2,000 other people for the store to open. I buzzed through and I was out by 7 with all of my Christmas shopping for the kids done. This year, … Continue reading