Category: Frugality
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The Broke Diaries: Using Blogs And Twitter To Live Cheaply
Nichelle Stephens, author of our Ten Money Questions series needs your vote. Nichelle has a project proposal for a 2010 SXSW panel on using social media tools to manage your finances. Have you ever wondered: How to use twitter and blogs to find free stuff? How to live cheaply in a big city? Where to…
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Beg, borrow, and steal ‘“ a frugal journey to acquire a barbeque
When you’re looking for cheap stuff, it pays to do more than browse the sales ads. For example, I have been wanting a barbeque for most of the summer. It’s fun to invite friends over for an inexpensive and cool summer entertainment. It’s nice to cook outside on hot days instead of heating up the…
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It’s worth dressing up a dresser
Last spring I decided to upgrade my old dresser. It was from Target, and chosen swiftly during the sea change that is post-college life. Darkly paneled, with brushed steel handles, the dresser looked nice enough sitting on the sterile Target shelves. I’ve used it for four solid years now and despite a couple of scratches…
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What I wish I’d done about money ‘“ a short list for my younger selves
Age makes us time travellers in our own bodies. Propelled into the future, we see changes and miracles unfold, events we never could have predicted and circumstances develop that our younger selves couldn’t have anticipated. The one problem is that we can’t go back in time and tell ourselves how it all worked out. This…
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(The Frugal) Day Tripper
…One way ticket yeah! And I do hereby apologize to the Beatles! Not everyone can get the time (or afford) to take off a week for a little relaxation. Nor can one always afford the three day weekend away of which profiling a different one used to be a mainstay in the New York Times…
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Fast food decisions
I’ve been diligently tracking my finances lately to try and control my spending. Money is tight and we need to cut back, and the first place to do that is by tracking the how and how much of the money you spend. Once the results are in, you have another example of financial triage to…
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Pressured to Spend
I wonder how many of you get pressured to spend money by (actually well meaning) friends and relatives. Lets start with a bit of background. I’m retired but am back to work because I got bored out of my mind in a very short time period….and they have semi-reasonable health insurance and I have to…
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4 Elements of the Perfect Price List
Are you able to spot a bargain when you see it? Can you look at a sales flyer or a coupon and know that it’s a good deal? I can’t. Or, at least, I couldn’t until fairly recently. What helped was putting together my own – perfect – price list. The concept…
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Teaching Money Management to the 12 and Under Set
Our current allowance system is broken. My kids aren’t seeming to grasp the basics of money management around budgeting, saving and investing. Looking back, I was better with money as a kid than I am today. I still remember the lessons that my parents taught me in a time where layaway plans were more popular…
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