Archives for Frugality - Page 17
Upgrading to Vista? Make Sure it’s Worth It
I recently purchased a copy of Microsoft Vista Home Premium edition. After some initial frustrations I am up and running successfully. My version of Vista runs about $240 retail…
Rethinking Necessities: Refusing to Replace a Microwave
It was November 2007, and I was making an afternoon snack. I pop some veggie Buffalo wings into the microwave. I'm hungry and impatient, and I stare at my food…
How to Go Shopping with Kids… Without Blowing Your Budget (or Losing Your Mind)
'œBut Mommy, I WANT it!' What parent hasn't given in to that plea, when you know a tantrum will follow if you say no? Shopping with kids can be challenging.…
Extend a Life. Extend your Life. A Frugal Life.
Sometimes frugal living is just a decision away, a slight change in attitude, or a different view on the way we look at life around us. Right before you throw…
TV & Telephone: Two Things You Won’t Find in My Home
Did you know? The typical American home has more Televisions () than people (). When I tell people that there's no television or phone in my apartment, they sometimes wonder…
Money Saving Tips in the Laundry Room
Saving money in the laundry room, tips that I know you are "drying" to know about; at least file them away in the back of your mind for later. Try…
Frugal Living w/out Hardship
Getting rid of unused items. Clearly, using garage sales, classifies, online selling forums, etc. Raise useful cash. Less obvious is how much we lose in depreciation on many items (especially…
Inexpensive Regional Travel Options
UPDATE: In the comments a discussion about rail in California and Europe develops. This holiday season I documented some of my cost-savings methods related to travel which is a favorite…
Pink & Green Parenting: Lost in the Plastic Rainforest: Greening Your Home
I knew that having a baby would change my life in unforseen ways, but there's one aspect of modern parenting that I was totally unprepared for. Like Mr. Robinson in…
Pink & Green Parenting: How to REALLY Reduce the Expense and Environmental Impact of Parenting
Parenting is expensive. (Duh!) Over the course of a lifetime, it costs about a million per kid'”four million if you do it the fancy shmancy way. And it's wasteful: I'm…