My mom took care of the finances growing up, she didn't work and there were 5 of us. I don't remember any lessons, but I know absorbed a lot. I don't budget, but my spending habits are pretty tame and I manage to save a bit of money every month.

Hypocritical as that sounds, seeings as how I just spend all of last night reading up on the "wool wennies" thread and now have 3 items in my cart from Smartwool. A year ago, if you told me I would buy a $20 pair of socks I would have said you were crazy. It feels kind of crazy.