Category: Frugality
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Accessories: The King James Version
Tragic, but true: in my search for affordable fashion pieces I committed a socialist sin. Last weekend I bought a headband at Forever 21, that bastion of teenybopper trendiness. How could I help it? Krista was in town and needed to tour downtown shops, and our twinhood demanded velvet bows! And yes, I am aware…
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Festival of Frugality #38
Welcome to this week’s Festival of Frugality. We’re calling it… Queer Eye for the Frugal Guy by offering readers a few hip tips that will make you sound smart, look great, and live fab. That’s fab as in f-a-b-u-l-o-u-s frugality! Hip “Fashion” Tips: Bling on a Shoestring Jewelry gives us New Clothes for $5 or…
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The Power of Purchases
Living below your means is about being aware of what you spend your money on as well as why you spend your money. You may constantly run to the fast food joint, and this adds up to 2-300 a month you spend on fast food. You want to cut back but you don’t know why…
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12 Tips to Reduce Grocery Costs
One of the areas I see people looking to save money is with their grocery bill. I think it is because we go shopping once a month and see a huge bill or we go every week or so and seem to spend more than we think we should for the length of time the…
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Excess: Buying More than We Really Need
“A Big Mac – the communion wafer of consumption” — John Ralston Saul In a recent issue of the New Yorker, James Surowiecki wrote a commentary about the US defense budget on The Financial Page. He mentioned an analogy about excess where some social scientists did an experiment in an apartment building. He writes, “One…
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Yard Sale Hunting Tips
$$ There are two kinds of garage sales — the ones where people want to make money and the ones where people want to get rid of stuff. The object is to find the ones where people want to get rid of stuff. $$ Get a map and newspaper and map out your route. Xeroxing…
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Benefits of purchasing digital music
Recently, my 77 year old mother-in-law gave me an iTunes gift card. I was tickled that she thought of such a hip gift. We talked about the different types of recorded music there have been over the years. From LP records to 8-tracks and cassettes even CDs, she’s used them all–except digital music. She grasped…
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Make it at Home: Coconut Curry
You’ve got a pack of your favorite homos coming over, and are crying into your torn Blondie t-shirt over your lack of funds. Honey! It’s called, MAKE IT AT HOME! I love restaurants as much as the next guy, and sure, pre-made things from Whole Foods are divine, but the bottom line is CASH, my…
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The Art of the Restaurant Upsell
“The disparity between a restaurant’s price and food quality rises in direct proportion to the size of the pepper mill.” — Bryan Miller I keep a standing dinner date at Houston’s restaurant with one of my favorite friends. Last night as the server was trying to upsell us on everything from bottled water to appetizers…
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Fill My Kitty: Grandma-Lovin’ Krista McDermott
Krista McDermott, 26, is not only a hot commodity in Amsterdam’s queer scene, a kick-ass nanny, and my performance art co-star as Babes With Intestines, she also proves that Grandma and gay go together well.
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