My Fall Spending Relapse
Ok, so I have to admit that I’ve had a minor spending relapse over the past couple weeks. I woke up bored on Labor Day, so I decided to go shopping with my sister. We ended up making it an all day event with a break for lunch. I think we hit up about four [...]
September 16, 2009
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A Cheap Family Vacation
So I’m finally back at home, unpacked, and settled in. So let’s talk about my vacation. For starters, it was pretty cheap. Cheap as in affordable, not tacky. We stayed at a nice beach house in the first week of off-season, so the rates were much more reasonable than if we had vacationed in the [...]
September 11, 2009
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My Week of Discounts
I’ve had quite the money-free week, and it’s all thanks to some great discounts and deals I received:
First, I spent absolutely zero dollars on lunch at work this week. I had to attend 4 all-day business meetings, but they were actually fun AND completely catered. I also received a voucher for our cafeteria from a [...]
August 28, 2009
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When is Produce In-Season?
Now that I’m bargain-hunting at the grocery each week, I’m trying to buy in-season produce that is on sale. Other than oranges, which I know are in-season during the winter months, I’ve never really been aware of which produce is fresh at different times of the year- until now. I found a website called Fruit [...]
August 26, 2009
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New Appliances, Courtesy of Uncle Sam
My washing machine has been leaking and breaking down all summer long. First it was the valve in the back- water was dripping into the drum because of a bad seal. Then last week, I went down to the basement and saw it was stuck on the rinse cycle. The sensor that told the machine [...]
August 25, 2009
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Think Before You Spend: Using WEALTH as a Guide
Hair woes for one contributor at Get Rich Slowly resulted in a handy acronym that she shared in this post. Here is how the acronym works. Before you make a purchase, think about the following factors and decide whether you truly need the item:
Want or Need
Ego
Add-ons
Lifestyle
Time
Happiness
The contributor created this acronym after splurging on a new [...]
August 18, 2009
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Employee Discounts and Corporate Perks
When Kelly at Almost Frugal interviewed me a few weeks back, she asked me to describe one unusual way that I save money. I told her that I take advantage of my employee discounts at work to save money.
The HR department where I work sends out “deals of the week” emails. They have discount sporting [...]
August 17, 2009
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Frugal Summer Reading
It seems that publishing has caught up with our view of the economy and spending habits. Gone are the days of “Confessions of a Shopaholic” and “Sex and the City”. Here is a list of new fiction for today’s frugal women:
Hedge Fund Wives by Tatiana Boncompagni
Social Lives by Wendy Walker
The Penny Pinchers Club by Sarah [...]
August 17, 2009
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