With Christmas just around the corner (amazing how that happened so fast!) it is probably too late to change anyones spending patterns, but I wanted to mention how my wife and I have (partially) avoided some of the holiday buying frenzy eating into our savings.
We both have huge families. My wife literally has 40 family […]
Last night my wife and I made a huge batch of enchiladas in anticipation of the coming of our baby (who is literally due any day now!) We spent about 3-4 hours prepping and cooking the meal, but now we have 10 meals ready to go in our freezer that require only a microwave to […]
Last night my wife and I did some shopping with gift cards that we found while cleaning out the closet. We bought some frames to put up on the wall and were just walking around the mall enjoying the cool summer evening. It was nice to spend a weekday evening just walking around and acting […]
A while back I wrote about the decision as to whether to buy a relatively expensive armoire. We went back and forth for a while, but eventually ordered it. We customized it to fit all of our electronic equipment - the computer, the stereo and the DVD player and VCR (we watch little enough TV […]
My wife and I had some family over last night for dinner. We generally eat very frugally when it is just the two of us. We eat a lot of inexpensive cuts of meat including chicken, ground beef, and certain cuts of pork. We don’t have things like steak or lamb very often because these […]
Today while at lunch with a few co-workers who normally bring their own lunch, a decision was made by two of them to go to a nearby Indian restaurant later this week for their (very delicious) lunch buffet. They asked if I was going, and I said that I’m not. When they asked why, I […]
When you shop at a place like Circuit City or Best Buy and buy an electronic gizmo, when you get to the register you’ll be asked a question like “Would you like to buy the three year extended warranty for this gizmo? It will only cost $49.99 and will cover you for three years for […]
Netflix is a great invention for people who watch a ton of movies. You pay your monthly fee and you get movie after movie after movie, and you don’t have to pay for each one of them. If you’re good, you’ll get your cost per DVD down to about a buck. This is great when […]
The folks over at The Simple Dollar are great. They put out a lot of articles every day, and they write extremely well. The other day, they talked about a great tool for saving money: don’t spend any money at all in a given day. That means no snack machines, no latte on the way […]
In the world of frugality, there is always the debate between spending money on quality and just buying the cheapest thing you can get. I don’t buy much, but when I do, I tend to buy middle of the road or slightly higher. I spend more up front, but I really feel like I get […]
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