Archive for December, 2011

How much is my gold chain worth?

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

I received a question in a comment on one of my more popular posts that describes how to figure out how much gold jewelry is worth.  Here's the question: What is the dollar worth of an 18″, 14-karat, 14.38 gram weight gold chain?  No formulas please. Before working out the answer, it's ...

Is community-supported agriculture a bargain?

Monday, December 26th, 2011

When it's time to cut back on family expenditures, a prime place to start is with the food budget.  Once the "easy" savings are implemented -- first by eating out a lot less, then by buying store brand or bulk, and then by preparing meals more from scratch -- then ...

$25 Restaurant.com dining voucher for $0.65 through Christmas Eve 2011

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

The price cuts of price cuts is back!  Normally Restaurant.com sells their $25 dining certificates for $10.  Through December 24th, 2011, you can get 90% off this price on most of their $25 certificates using coupon code JOY.  (I'll help with the math: that's one dollar.) But that's not all!  Head ...

Bargain shopping without the mobs — even now

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Some of my wife's Facebook friends posted some pictures the bumper-to-bumper traffic into the local mall / retail area today.  It's definitely not the best time to run in and out of stores for a few things, being a week before Christmas and all that. So we stopped at our local ...