Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app! “Alexa, set a timer for tomorrow at 8 a.m. Alexa, turn the thermostat to 70 degrees. Alexa, can you make my budget?” Okay, maybe that last one is a stretch, but modern conveniences can be truly life changing. Find out Rachel’s and George’s take on what technology is worth the hype. Next Steps: ·      🎥 Watch our video “‘Harmless’ Purchases That Drain Your Bank Account” ·      📱Submit a Guilty as Charged question for Rachel and George! Send a DM to @rachelcruze or @georgekamel on Instagram! Be sure to type “GUILTY?” at the top of your message so we don’t miss it. Connect With Our Sponsors: ·      🔒 Get 20% off when you join DeleteMe ·      🌿 Get up to 40% off at Cozy Earth with code Smart Money Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🥃 Cinnamon-Spiced Orange and Thyme Mocktail Recipe: Pick Up Limes ·      1/2 cup water ·      1/4 cup maple syrup ·      4 sprigs fresh thyme ·      1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon ·      2 tablespoons freshly grated ginger ·      1/2 lemon, juiced ·      2 cups ice cubes ·      2 cups orange juice ·      2 cups ginger ale Instructions: Add water, maple syrup, thyme sprigs and cinnamon to a small pan and simmer. Reduce heat to low and let it steep for about 3 minutes. Then let it cool to room temperature. Fill a shaker or mason jar halfway with ice cubes and strain in thyme syrup. Add grated ginger and lemon juice. Shake well. Strain contents from shaker over ice cubes, and add orange juice and ginger ale. Enjoy! Listen to More From Ramsey Network: 💡 The Rachel Cruze Show 💰 George Kamel 🎙️ The Ramsey Show 💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights  🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 💼 The Ken Coleman Show 📈 EntreLeadership   Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!    Okay, so maybe you get a little carried away at Bath and Body Works, but at least you risk your financial future on a perm and hair products. In this episode, Rachel and George react to hilarious money fails you found on Reddit.     Next Steps:  📱Submit a Guilty As Charged question for Rachel and George! Send a DM to @rachelcruze or @georgekamel on Instagram! Be sure to type “GUILTY?” at the top of your message so we don’t miss it.     Connect With Our Sponsors:  🔒 Get 20% off when you join DeleteMe    Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍸 Illegal Cocktail  Recipe: Cocktail Society    Ingredients:  1 ounce Mezcal  ½ ounce White rum  ½ ounce Falernum  1 barspoon Luxardo  ¾ ounce lime  ½ ounce simple syrup  1 egg white    Instructions: Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with plenty of ice. Shake until the drink is well-chilled and strain the cocktail into a glass, enjoy!    Listen to More From Ramsey Network:    💡 The Rachel Cruze Show  💰 George Kamel  🎙️ The Ramsey Show  💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights    🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show  💼 The Ken Coleman Show  📈 EntreLeadership    Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!   Today we’re setting the chrometophobes who haven’t been on a vacation since 2004 free! In this episode, Rachel and George are calling out the irrational money fears keeping you stuck—plus how you can overcome them.   Next Steps: ·      🍸 Follow Smart Money Happy Hour on TikTok: @smartmoneyhappyhour   ·      📱Submit a Guilty As Charged question for Rachel and George! Send a DM to @rachelcruze or @georgekamel on Instagram! Be sure to type “GUILTY?” at the top of your message so we don’t miss it. Connect With Our Sponsors: 🔒 Get 20% off when you join DeleteMe. 🌿 Get up to 40% off at Cozy Earth with code SMART MONEY. Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍺 Butterbeer Old Fashioned Recipe: The G&M Kitchen Ingredients: ·      1 12-ounce bottle cream soda ·      1/4 cup butterscotch topping ·      1 1/2 ounces bourbon ·      1 dash black walnut bitters ·      1 ounce heavy whipping cream ·      Ice Instructions: Heat the cream soda in a small pot for 5–10 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the butterscotch topping. Let cool. Add the bourbon, 1 ounce of the cream soda mixture, and a dash of walnut bitters to a rocks glass with ice. Stir to combine. Add whipping cream to a cocktail shaker and shake until thickened. Pour the cream on top of the cocktail and enjoy! Listen to More From Ramsey Network: 💡 The Rachel Cruze Show 💰 George Kamel 🎙️ The Ramsey Show 💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights   🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 💼 The Ken Coleman Show 📈 The EntreLeadership Podcast   Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!   We all love the ‘80s (minus the shoulder pads and neon). But were ‘80s babies better off financially? Find out how your favorite decade stacks up against today when it comes to money.   Next Steps: ·      💸 Invest in your future with a SmartVestor Pro! Ramsey Solutions is a paid, non-client promoter of SmartVestor Pros.  ·      📱Submit a Guilty as Charged question for Rachel and George! Send a DM to @rachelcruze or @georgekamel on Instagram! Be sure to type “GUILTY?” at the top of your message so we don’t miss it. Connect With Our Sponsor: ·      🔒 Get 20% off when you join DeleteMe.   Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🎃 Pumpkin Spice Espresso Martini Recipe: The G&M Kitchen   Ingredients: ·      1 1/2 ounces bourbon ·      1/2 ounce Baileys Irish Cream ·      1 1/2 ounces espresso ·      2 teaspoons pumpkin butter Instructions: Brew 1 shot of espresso. Add ice, bourbon and pumpkin butter to a cocktail shaker. Top with Irish cream and the shot of espresso. Shake for 30 seconds and pour into a coupe glass. Enjoy!   Listen to More From Ramsey Network: 💡 The Rachel Cruze Show 💰 George Kamel 🎙️ The Ramsey Show 💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights   🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 💼 The Ken Coleman Show 📈 EntreLeadership   Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!   On a scale of “water only at restaurants” to “extreme couponing,” how far would you go to save? Rachel and George weigh in on what savings hacks are really worth your time.   Next Steps: ·     🎥 Watch our video Cheapskate or Resourceful? A Wake-Up Call With Sharon Ramsey ·     📱Submit a Guilty As Charged question for Rachel and George! Send a DM to @rachelcruze or @georgekamel on Instagram! Be sure to type “GUILTY?” at the top of your message so we don’t miss it. Connect With Our Sponsor: ·     🔒 Get 20% off when you join DeleteMe. Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🥧 Caramel Apple Pie Mocktail Recipe: Merry About Town Ingredients: ·     6 cups apple cider ·     1/2 cup caramel syrup ·     3 cups sparkling water ·     2 tsp cinnamon ·     2 apples ·     6 rosemary sprigs ·     Brown sugar (for rim) Instructions: Mix apple cider and caramel syrup in a pitcher and add cinnamon. Add thinly sliced apples and rosemary sprigs and let sit for 20 minutes. Pour sparkling water into the pitcher and mix. Rim a glass with brown sugar, pour mocktail, and enjoy!   Listen to More From Ramsey Network: 💡 The Rachel Cruze Show 💰 George Kamel 🎙️ The Ramsey Show 💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights   🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 💼 The Ken Coleman Show 📈 EntreLeadership   Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!    Would you rather retire in style or broke? (All right, that’s an easy one.) In this episode, Rachel and George are putting you to the test with a financial twist on “Would You Rather.”     Next Steps:   ·      📱Submit a Guilty As Charged question for Rachel and George! Send a DM to @rachelcruze or @georgekamel on Instagram! Be sure to type “GUILTY?” at the top of your message so we don’t miss it.    Connect With Our Sponsor:  ·      🔒 Get 20% off when you join DeleteMe.    Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍸 Casino    Recipe: Jean-félix Desfossés on Instagram  2 ounces Bombay Sapphire gin  1/2 ounce Luxardo maraschino liqueur  3/4 ounce lemon juice  1/4 ounce simple syrup  2 dashes orange bitters    Instructions: Fill a shaker with ice and all ingredients, and shake for 10–15 seconds. Strain and pour into a coupe glass. Enjoy!    Listen to More From Ramsey Network:  💡 The Rachel Cruze Show  💰 George Kamel  🎙️ The Ramsey Show  💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights    🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show  💼 The Ken Coleman Show  📈 EntreLeadership    Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!  Remember Horsegate? When George broke a girl’s heart with just three words: “Sell the horse”? Well in this episode, Rachel and George react to seven of their viral money moments like that one that got your attention.   Next Steps:  ·      🎥 Watch our video Explaining Our Most Hated Financial Advice.  ·      📱 Submit a Guilty as Charged question for Rachel and George! Send a DM to @rachelcruze or @georgekamel on Instagram! Be sure to type “GUILTY?” at the top of your message so we don’t miss it.  ·      Follow Rachel and George on Instagram for more financial tips: @rachelcruze, @georgekamel  Connect With Our Sponsors:  ·      🔒 This episode is sponsored by DeleteMe. Remove your personal information from the web and get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to joindeleteme.com/smartmoney.    Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍹 French Blonde  Recipe: Today    Ingredients:  ·      1 ounce Bombay Sapphire gin  ·      1/2 ounce Lillet Blanc  ·      1 1/2 ounces freshly strained grapefruit juice  ·      3/4 ounce St.-Germain  ·      1 dash lemon bitters  ·      Grapefruit twist (optional)  Instructions: Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a coupe. Garnish with a grapefruit twist if desired and enjoy!    Listen to More From Ramsey Network:    💡 The Rachel Cruze Show  💰 George Kamel  🎙 The Ramsey Show  💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights    🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show  💼 The Ken Coleman Show  📈 EntreLeadership    Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!    Would you park a mile away to avoid pricey parking? Or let your home become a sauna to keep AC costs low? Just how far are you willing to go to save on cost of living? Stick around to hear some of the most extreme money-saving hacks out there.     Next Steps:  ·  🎥 Check out our video Girl Math: Smart Financial Strategy or Huge Money Mistake?  · 📱 Submit a Guilty as Charged question for Rachel and George! Send a DM to @rachelcruze or @georgekamel on Instagram! Be sure to type “GUILTY?” at the top of your message so we don’t miss it.    Connect With Our Sponsors:  · 🔒This episode is sponsored by DeleteMe. Remove your personal information from the web and get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to joindeleteme.com/smartmoney.    Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍸 Tequila Manhattan  Recipe: Food & Wine    Ingredients:  · 2 ounces añejo tequila  · 1 ounce sweet vermouth  · 2 dashes mole bitters  Instructions: Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice and stir until thoroughly chilled. Strain into a chilled coupe or over a large whiskey cube. Garnish with a maraschino cherry and/or an orange twist. Enjoy!    Listen to More From Ramsey Network:  💡 The Rachel Cruze Show  💰 George Kamel  🎙 The Ramsey Show  💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights    🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show  💼 The Ken Coleman Show  📈 EntreLeadership    Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app! If you’d rather do literally anything else besides sit down and make a budget (including watching Frozen with your kids for the 10th time), then this one’s for you. In this episode, George and Rachel are responding to the most common excuses for not budgeting.   Next Steps: ·      📗 Order George Kamel’s new book, Breaking Free From Broke. ·      📱 Submit a Guilty as Charged question for Rachel and George! Send a DM to @rachelcruze or @georgekamel on Instagram! Be sure to type “GUILTY?” at the top of your message so we don’t miss it.   Connect With Our Sponsors: ·      🔒 This episode is sponsored by DeleteMe. Remove your personal information from the web and get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to joindeleteme.com/smartmoney.   Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🥃 Blackberry Lime Mule Mocktail Recipe: Paige Bakes   ·      4 blackberries ·      Lime juice (1 lime) ·      2 cups crushed ice ·      6.8 ounces (1 bottle) ginger beer Instructions: Pour lime juice and muddle blackberries in a glass. Fill the glass with ice and strain blackberry lime juice into a separate glass. Top with ginger beer. Enjoy!   Listen to More From Ramsey Network:   💡 The Rachel Cruze Show 💰 George Kamel 🎙️ The Ramsey Show 💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights  🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 💼 The Ken Coleman Show 📈 EntreLeadership   Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!   If you’ve ever dreamed of being a contestant on your favorite game show (and yelling “good answer!” at the top of your lungs), then today’s episode is the next best thing! Rachel and George are going head-to-head in our Financial and Fun game, so play along for some money- saving tips. Next Steps: • 📱Submit a Guilty as Charged question for Rachel and George! Send a DM to @rachelcruze or @georgekamel on Instagram! Be sure to type “GUILTY?” at the top of your message so we don’t miss it. Connect With Our Sponsors: • 🔒This episode is sponsored by DeleteMe. Remove your personal information from the web and get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to joindeleteme.com/smartmoney. Today’s Happy Hour Special: Dark and Stormy Recipe: Food and Wine  Ingredients: • 2 ounces dark rum • 1/2 ounce lime juice • Ice • 3 ounces ginger beer • 1 candied ginger slice • 1 lime wheel Instructions: Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, add rum and lime juice, and shake well. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass and stir in the ginger beer. Skewer the ginger slice and lime wheel and garnish. Enjoy! Listen to More From Ramsey Network:   💡 The Rachel Cruze Show  💰 George Kamel  🎙️ The Ramsey Show  💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights   🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show  💼 The Ken Coleman Show  📈 EntreLeadership    Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app! In this episode, we’re switching things up with a little help from our friends (that means you, #SMHHNation)! Rachel and George are here to weigh in on actual money questions submitted by YOU.   Next Steps: · 🎥 Check out our video Explaining Our Most Hated Financial Advice. · 📱 Submit a Guilty As Charged question for Rachel and George! Send a DM to @rachelcruze or @georgekamel on Instagram! Be sure to type “GUILTY?” at the top of your message so we don’t miss it. Connect With Our Sponsors: · 🔒This episode is sponsored by DeleteMe. Remove your personal information from the web and get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to joindeleteme.com/smartmoney.   Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍸 Fireman’s Daiquiri Recipe: The Cocktail Bible   Ingredients: ·      2 ounces rum ·      1 ounce lime juice ·      3/4 ounce grenadine Instructions: To a shaker, add rum, lime juice, grenadine and ice. Shake, strain into your favorite glass, and enjoy!   Listen to More From Ramsey Network: 💡 The Rachel Cruze Show 💰 George Kamel 🎙️ The Ramsey Show 💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights 🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 💼 The Ken Coleman Show 📈 EntreLeadership   Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!   The smell of warm cookies, a hug from your bestie, American Idol b-roll—let’s face it, we all love feeling good! But in this episode, Rachel and George explore why dopamine overdosing doesn’t hit quite like it used to—plus how to regain everyday joy.   Next Steps: ·  🎥 Check out our video Should We Sell It All and Be Homesteaders? ·  📱 Submit a Guilty as Charged question for Rachel and George! Send a DM to @rachelcruze or @georgekamel on Instagram! Be sure to type “GUILTY?” at the top of your message so we don’t miss it. Offer From Our Sponsor: ·      🔒 This episode is sponsored by DeleteMe. Remove your personal information from the web and get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://joindeleteme.com/smartmoney   Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍸 Lemon Drop Mocktail Recipe: Lemon Drop Mocktail From Food Banjo   ·      Sugar (for rim) ·      4 ice cubes ·      3/4 ounces simple syrup ·      1 1/4 ounces lemon juice ·      2 1/2 ounces club soda ·      Lemon peel (for garnish) Instructions: Place a small pile of sugar on a plate. Take a martini glass and wet the rim with either a lemon half or water. Dip the rim of the glass in the sugar for a nice coating around the rim. Add the ice cubes, simple syrup and lemon juice into a cocktail shaker. Shake together for 15 seconds. Strain the mixture into the martini glass and top with the club soda. Garnish with a lemon peel and enjoy! Listen to More From Ramsey Network: 💡 The Rachel Cruze Show 💰 George Kamel 🎙️ The Ramsey Show 💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights   🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 💼 The Ken Coleman Show 📈 EntreLeadership   Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!   We all love a good BOGO, but can you really spend your way into saving more? In this episode, Rachel and George help you identify common “spaving” tricks you may be falling for and how to break the cycle!   Next Steps ·  Never heard of EntreLeadership before? Check out our podcast for business leaders, EntreLeadership. ·  🎥 Check out our video on Girl Math: Smart Financial Strategy or Huge Money Mistake? ·  Invest and plan for your future with a SmartVestor Pro. Get connected for free! · 📱 Submit a Guilty as Charged question for Rachel and George! Send a DM to @rachelcruze or @georgekamel on Instagram! Be sure to type “GUILTY?” at the top of your message so we don’t miss it. Offer From Today’s Sponsor ·  This episode is sponsored by DeleteMe. 🔒 Remove your personal information from the web and get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://joindeleteme.com/smartmoney.   Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🥃 The Chestnut Cup Recipe: Cocktails Distilled   Ingredients: ·      1 ounce gin ·      1 ounce Campari ·      1 ounce lemon juice ·      3/4 ounce orgeat Instructions: Combine all the ingredients in a shaker and add a single ice cube. Shake to combine, then strain into a glass filled three-quarters with ice cubes. Top with crushed ice and garnish with an orange wheel. Enjoy!   Explore More Shows From Ramsey Network 💡 The Rachel Cruze Show 💰 George Kamel 🎙️ The Ramsey Show 💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights   🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 💼 The Ken Coleman Show 📈 EntreLeadership   Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy

💵 Sign up for EveryDollar today to create a free budget!   We’ve all been guilty of some “stupid tax” moments, like that time you spent $75 on a velvet cat pillow (that you didn’t even use). In this episode, Rachel and George confess a few of their own epic money fails and react to some of yours!   Next Steps ·      📱Submit a Guilty As Charged question for Rachel and George! Send a DM to @rachelcruze or @georgekamel on Instagram. Be sure to type “GUILTY?” at the top of your message so we don’t miss it.   Offers From Today’s Sponsors ·      This episode is sponsored by DeleteMe. 🔒 Remove your personal information from the web and get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://joindeleteme.com/smartmoney.   Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🍸 Palermo Recipe: Difford’s Guide   Ingredients: ·      1 1/2 ounces vanilla rum ·      1 ounce sauvignon blanc wine ·      1 1/4 ounces pineapple juice ·      1/4 ounce sugar syrup ·      Ice ·      1 pineapple wedge, for garnish Instructions: Shake all ingredients with ice and fine strain into a chilled coupe glass. Add a pineapple wedge on the rim to garnish. Enjoy!     Explore More Shows From Ramsey Network   💡 The Rachel Cruze Show 💰 George Kamel 🎙️ The Ramsey Show 💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights   🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 💼 The Ken Coleman Show 📈 The EntreLeadership Podcast   Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy

💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app!   Did you know there’s one expense that no one on the planet can avoid? And what if we told you the cost of that thing has risen by 26% in the last two years alone? If you’re starting to spiral, don’t panic! Today we’re talking grocery shopping pet peeves, takeout tips and other money and life hacks that can help.     Next Steps   🛒 Use Rachel’s Meal Planner & Grocery Savings Guide to get organized and save money at the store.   📱Submit a Guilty as Charged question for Rachel and George! Send a DM to @rachelcruze or @georgekamel on Instagram! Be sure to type “GUILTY?” at the top of your message so we don’t miss it.     Offers From Today’s Sponsors   This episode is sponsored by DeleteMe. 🔓 Remove your personal information from the web and get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://joindeleteme.com/smartmoney.     Today’s Happy Hour Special:🍹 Sparkling Rosemary Peach Mocktail Recipe courtesy of Cake n Knife   ·      5 sprigs rosemary ·      1/2 cup sugar ·      1/2 cup water ·      1/2 chopped peach  ·      4 ounces lemon juice ·      1 cup ice ·      club soda   Instructions: Boil rosemary, sugar and water. Cover and let steep for 15-30 minutes. Strain and let simple syrup cool completely. Muddle peaches with lemon juice and rosemary simple syrup. Fill glass with ice. Strain mixture into a separate glass, top with club soda, and enjoy!     Listen to More From Ramsey Network   💡 The Rachel Cruze Show 💰 George Kamel 🎙️ The Ramsey Show 💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights   🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 💼 The Ken Coleman Show 📈 EntreLeadership   Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy