Scott Heiferman, the CEO of Meetup (love him BTW!) sends out this email to all the meetup organizers today asking us to give people reasons to utilize meetups in order to save money. Because of recent changes in the economy, people are looking not only for answers, but a way to ease the pain. And, [...]
The Whole Foods gods must have been listening this week as we adjusted our food budget to only include organic foods. This means only shopping at Whole Foods and after reading this article, it cinched the decision as the following statement blew us away because my husband and I really try to live a [...]
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I switched to ATT from Verizon with monthly cost being the motivator because of advanced technology and lower rates with the AT&T Family Plan. For the last 3 years I’ve had the Verizon Palm Treo, but with my recent decision to downgrade our budget, the Treo had to go. I could [...]
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May is around the corner which for some means graduation from high school, college or graduate school. I remember the feeling well. And, while it meant being released from the bosom of self discovery into the arms of adult responsibilities, I looked forward to it with enthusiasm.
I moved [...]
My friends have noticed my recent cut backs on my random spending and of course they’re asking what prompted this new “way of thinking“, you know as if pigs are flying. I responded that this is a lifestyle change. After looking at October, November and December’s spending I realized that I had [...]
Here’s the 3rd and final installation of Cheap Alternatives for the Must Haves in your Life. You can find part 1 and 2 here and here. Enjoy!
Hotel Stays
House Swap
Folks sometimes advertise their digs hopes of an exchange. What kind of exchange? You let me stay at your place and I’ll let you stay [...]
I think this frugality kick is really starting to settle in. Why, you ask? Well today as I was cooking dinner for the man unit I decided to juice a few carrots and a pineapple as I love fresh juice. I’ve never been a fan of store bought juice because of all [...]
Admit it. Being frugal isn’t something that you look forward to, after all it means that you’ll be giving up or cutting back on some or all of your favorite activities. What if you found a way to cut back without giving up those things completely? And best of all save [...]
There’s a catch.
You have to set up your installation for their first available Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday of the month. Seems pretty simple for $50. Even though our order isn’t complete because we want the quoted discount per the contractor that came to our house a few weeks ago, its still a good deal.
We [...]
My husband and I are pretty busy during the week. This makes it hard to come home from a long day at work and classes to cook a healthy meal. Especially one large enough to last for the next day or two. This past fall semester we fell off the menu planning [...]
