The economy is in the dumpster, unemployment is sky high, and everyone is trying to save money…even if they don’t need to. If you are looking for tips on how to save money you can find thousands of blogs that will give the same old dry advice. You know, take your lunch to work, don’t eat out, quit having fun, or you could read The Single Frugalton and find out how to get free magazines and free reminder services and other good stuff. I particularly enjoyed the post on How to Edit Your Photos for Free without using Photoshop.
Our blogger Laura makes good use of Pages on her blog. She even gave me a few ideas I might try out on this post. She has a well-written About Page. (Where I found out her name is Laura so she doesn’t have to be “the blogger”.) She also has a page which lists her most popular posts, a contact page, and if you still need more financial advice, a page listing Other Financial Sites. I think the popular posts page is a great idea and probably helps keep people reading your blog longer.
The blog is not totally about saving money. As Laura says on her About page, it is more about being single and trying to live below your means. Most of the posts are pretty entertaining, and she does a good job of tongue in cheek writing in posts such as “How Not To Check Your Smoke Detector” and “How Not To Pay the Librarian’s Salary.”
I like Laura’s style of writing. It is easy and comfortable, and you can laugh along with her when she burns the pots on the stove. However, I don’t like the look of the blog.
First of all, I am not very fond of pink. So in my mind, that pink background has got to go! Secondly, even though red is my favorite color, I don’t like to read red text. In fact, the only color of text I like to read is black. (I guess you could say that is because I am an accountant and I don’t like red ink! Hah! I thought that was funny. I am sorry if you didn’t think it was funny, you would if you knew me better!)
Overall it is a pretty good blog and you could spend some time there and maybe even learn a few things.
You know, I never know how to end these reviews. Telling you to go over and check out her blog doesn’t work, because I want you to stay here and read more of mine. Summarizing my post doesn’t make sense, because if you can’t remember what happened 3 paragraphs ago I am afraid there is no help for you. So how about you finish up for me. Leave me a comment and tell me how you would end this post, or feel free to share your best frugal tips?
