Budget

There’s no doubt that this summer has been well…expensive!

If you make this much, you should be OK.

Whether it's a pretzel at the mall or a fancy steak dinner that requires a reservation, the deals will be there for Valentine's Day. You just have to know where to look.

Christmas is just days away, and a daunting question for those of us with kids in our lives that seems to come up every year remains for me; How much do you spend on the kids?

Halloween will really ding you if you let it because, well, Twix ain't cheap. But it's the hidden costs that will take a huge bite out of your budget.

If you're feeling a financial pinch this month, blame the school supplies. It's fun to get new binders, erasable pens, and gadgets, but it sets most of us back more than $600 this month.

Have you ever found some extra change in the couch or a random $20 in your jeans?  The State of Idaho just experienced something similar - ending the fiscal year with an extra $94 million in their pockets.

This might be some extra incentive to grab the local produce at the Boise Farmers Market this spring. Strange winter weather around the US is impacting crops, and that means prices might be going up on the food that's trucked in from other places.

If your grocery bill is at least a hundred bucks every time you go to the store, soon you might be able to a whole lot more stuff with it. Two big grocery retailers in the Treasure Valley are slashing prices and that means good things for our tortilla chip and granola addictions.

We all have our go-to excuses. I didn't know it was so common until ALL of my friends told me what they do to avoid saying, "Yes, I went shopping and spent way too much money." Here are some examples of what my friends do: