Archive for the ‘Frugal Living’ Category

New print books are expensive! Some cheaper alternatives

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

My wife and I were chatting about why she had sold more Amazon Kindle versions than paperback versions of her new Civil War historical fantasy.  Granted, the Kindle version is only 20% the cost of the paperback version, but I had said that $14.99 was a bit much to pay ...

I don’t like being frugal. But I love the results

Monday, April 25th, 2011

My stumbleupon button had been sorely neglected for quite a while, and I hit upon this older article on Wise Bread that dares us to take the boring challenge. Sounds fun?  Not in the slightest?  Yeah, it really doesn't sound that much fun to listen to the radio instead of downloading ...

Is bargain hunting frugal?

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

In my review of Jeff Yeager's The Cheapskate Next Door, one of the points in that book that hit me squarely in the eyes was his distinction between "cheapskate" (meaning someone who's frugal, and proud of it) with "bargain hunter" (people who enjoy ferreting out deals and buying for less).  ...

Review of Jeff Yeager’s The Cheapskate Next Door

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

This book caught my eye at Borders, so I flipped through the pages a bit and bought the book off of Amazon when I got home.  (I'm probably not doing my part to help Borders out of bankruptcy, but oh well.)  Jeff Yeager's The Cheapskate Next Door is a well-researched ...