In recent months some have claimed that going green can actually hurt, not help, your ability to stick to a rational budget.

I was on my way to work the other morning and noticed that my gas gauge was buried like it almost always is.

We’ve all done it… You sit waiting for the trick-or-treaters with one hand in the candy bowl. There are always plenty of left-overs, right? Or, perhaps your young one it still small enough not to lay claim to their entire haul.

Is it possible to enjoy Halloween without packing on a few pounds or sending your kids sky-high on a sugar rush? Of course! And, most of the time, it’s cheaper (and more fun), too!

Whether you undertake edible eyeballs, monster toes or witches brooms, it’s worth the effort!

Let’s start with the basics: Pumpkin.

Ok, so the time has come once again to scare up some decorations and costumes, dig up some treats and spook the neighborhood kids.

Consider though, the number of disposables you’re using this year. Individually wrapped candies = trash. Paper cups and plates for those spook-tacular parties = trash. Paper decorations that last exactly 2 weeks = trash. Make-up that takes an entire bottle of alcohol, a 4 inch pile of Q-tips, and a pound of cotton balls to remove = trash.

The holidays in America are known for being rife with overconsumption.

With Wall Street seemingly crashing around us, and fear of economic collapse smattered across every news site, it seems that the only thing no one is considering doing is spending money.

As Dolly Levi says, “Money is like manure, you’ve gotta spread it around to help little things grow!”

Now, I’m not advocating going out and blowing your house payment on a big screen LCD T.V. will all the bells and whistles. I’m not saying you should go apply for a bunch of credit cards and take on a lot of new debt.