Archive for the ‘Shopping’ Category

Staple food items for 15% off on Amazon

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

My wife and I have recently discovered the wonders of raw organic agave nectar for sweetening tea and other things.  (It's low-glycemic index, and it doesn't overpower the taste of what we're sweetening the way honey or maple syrup does.) We tried a small bottle from the grocery store, and like ...

Move over, notaphily: It’s plastiphily

Friday, December 11th, 2009

Notaphily (pronounced no-TAH-fuh-lee) is the collecting of bank notes.  Related terms are philately (stamp collecting) and scripophily (old stock and bond collecting). After writing my post yesterday on gift cards vs. cash, and after thinking about what people might do if their unused gift cards expire worthless or if the company ...

Win $100 with MrRebates.com through Christmas 2009!

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Now that it's officially official that we're into the official holiday shopping season, Mr. Rebates has increased its rebate percentages on 300 stores.  Using this and other rebate sites give you more bang for your buck. Some bump-ups that caught my eye: Walmart - 3% (up from 2%) TomTom - 10% (way up ...

If anyone comes your way, tell them we’re closed. Huh?!

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

I found out recently that our county is going to be entering the late-20th century in an important way: We're getting a Walmart.  This is important to us because it's going to be built adjacent to a subdivision we're considering purchasing a new house. But that's a separate issue.  The issue ...