Archives for Frugality - Page 25
How To Cut Living Expenses
"Frugality without creativity is deprivation." -- Amy Dacyczyn Business recently named the 101 Dumbest Moments in Business for 2006 and Northwest Airlines made the Top Ten when they issued a…
Financial Calculators That Show How You Blow a Fortune Without Knowing
Before settling down to read this post, please keep any hot beverage away from you that may spill, get some smelling salts, and ask a friend to check in on…
Being “Middle Class” is burying us!
Following on Paula's excellent and provocative post, "What Class Are You?" I wonder what we do to ourselves when we're not honest about what class we're actually in? For example,…
Saving Money: Voice Mail vs. Answering Machines
"If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secret of getting along -- whether it be business, family relations, or life itself." --…
The Costco Effect: More than Impulse Buying
"Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second." -- Baltasar Gracian Jeanine and I have yet to figure out the appeal of Costco. We've on more than one occasion.…
Make Moving Cheaper by Avoiding Moving Pitfalls
Oscar Wilde once wrote, "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes." Well folks, I gathered lots of "experience" in one area of my finances this past month: moving…
Can Shampoo Save You Money?
"He who does not economize will have to agonize." -- Confucius There's a side of me that tries to be frugal. There's another part that is just plain cheap. My…
Peer Pressure Spending in the Twenty-Something Crowd: Save Money and Keep Your Social Life (Part 2 of a 2 Part Series)
I love my friends! I am incredibly lucky to have such a supportive group of people in my life. Even though a bunch of them aren't queer, they have become…
Leasing vs. Buying: The Car Debate Continues
"Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress." -- Mahatma Gandhi Over the past few weeks, the alarm on my Volvo sounded three times without any apparent reason. I…
Peer Pressure Spending in the Twenty-Something Crowd (Part 1 of a 2 Part Series)
I can be like a vulture when a taboo topic comes up. Nina's Ten Questions for Lane Hudson unearthed a taboo topic that I'd like to shine under a spotlight,…