Archive for the ‘Frugal Living’ Category
Friday, March 4th, 2011
When we moved from our old house to the new one, we left a house with a septic tank and went to one that was served by our county's sewer service. Having one over the other isn't that much different, I suppose. They both do the job. Having a septic ...
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Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
Food and drinks out of vending machines are sold at ridiculous mark-ups, but sometimes that extra bit of concentration that a snack or a soda is what's needed to get through the mid-afternoon slump -- that time when the brain is screaming "nap" and the stomach is yelling "feed me." ...
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Sunday, February 13th, 2011
MSN MoneyCentral has produced a list of ten things that people waste money on every day. I agree that, most of the time, the items on this list are money-wasters. There are always exceptions though. Here are my comments on the list:
Lottery tickets. The odds of winning the big prize ...
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Saturday, January 29th, 2011
My wife's laptop is showing signs of getting ready to fail, so I've been looking around for the past couple of days for replacement options. Since "buy used when it makes sense" is one of the very best money-saving tips I can give, part of my research involved looking for ...
Posted in Deals and Steals, Frugal Living, Shopping | 4 Comments »
