Advice

A Broke-Ass Mom Buys Used
If it’s one thing I’ve learned as a Broke-Ass Mom, it’s to buy used for anything and everything. I bought a pair of shoes new once, and three months later my son was telling ME that they were too tight (since then I have only bought used shoes). Technically you

Broke-Ass Style: 99 Cents Store Treasures That Will Transform You Into a Pop Diva
Last weekend, I spent my Halloween dressed as Selena (a costume which– thanks to procrastination and an extremely ill-timed thunder/snowstorm– turned out looking more like an alcoholic 90s-goth-chola in snow boots, but whatevs). I’ve always had a special place in my kinky-cop-hat-and-bustier-wearing heart for that quick-stepping ranchera, and would probably

How Not to Piss Away Your Money!
I am notorious for inadvertently wasting money. It is something that I am not proud of and I have to work very hard to change my bad habits. After learning some very hard lessons, here are some ways that I try not to piss away my money: 1. Do a

Broke-Ass Mom “Me” Time
Every parent needs a break, and Broke-Ass Moms are no exception. The question is what to do, and where to go…well, and how much time do you have? I love fantasizing about a weekend away when I can sit on the beach in my bikini lookin’ fine (this is my

When Halloween Falls on a Monday…
Last time Halloween fell on a Monday was in 2005. San Francisco is a town that likes to run through the streets in costume, so Halloween was pretty much from Thursday to Monday. I fear it will be the same this year. This is what I ended up writing at the culmination of it all in 2005.

Credit Repair Sans the Scams
So if you haven’t seen these ads, commercials, pop-ups or other propaganda saying something like “We can fix your credit today” or “Bankruptcies, tax liens, removed” you must be living under a rock. It is so tempting to sign up for these services and give yourself the fresh start you

Broke-Ass Mom Steps Out
Although it’s incredibly tempting to put your baby to sleep, go around the corner to the local pub for a PBR, and sneak back before your baby knows you’re gone, you never know what neighbor might be spying on you at that very moment and whether or not CPS has