DIY Experiment: Starting Simple With Toothpaste
After the post about finding local, home-made lotion for my parents I was inspired to venture into making my own toiletries. I had a couple reasons to want to try:…
Stretch Your Food Dollar: Making Your Own Stock
Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and is starting to recover from the frenzy of eating leftovers. Two weeks ago I mentioned that you could save your…
Equity Line of Credit: Seek Other Financial Shelter
'œAs long as the music is playing, you've got to get up and dance.' '“ Charles O. Prince, III, former CEO of Citigroup Earlier this year, the HELOC on our…
Surviving Financial Infidelity: Cleaning Up the Mess
Last week, I wrote about how my wife and I assessed the damage caused by her financial infidelity. Although I can consider myself fortunate that the amount she spent was…
Joys and Perils of a Luxe Life: Schadenfreude and Conspicuous Consumption
I've purposely abandoned what I anticipated to be my next posting in this series because of current events and the reader response to my previous post'”especially the concept of frugality…
eBay is becoming impossible for the frugal…
What brought this on you ask? Just the latest in eBay's new policies for the sellers. To begin with eBay has always been a stopping point when I've been looking…
Real Estate Role Reversal: With reverse mortgage, lender pays homeowner
Reverse mortgages - which are a specialized type of home equity loan available to Americans age 62 or older - offer the homeowner a chance to get paid by the…
The Dysfunctional Marriage of eHarmony and Gay Money
For those of you who don't know, eHarmony has come under a lot of pressure in the last year, both from advertising and lawsuits, because the company does not provide…
The Best Frugal Books and Movies
This is my list of books and videos I have read or watched and would recommend: The Complete Tightwad Gazette This is the book that got me started about keeping…
Black Friday Sales Up Over 2007
Although many of us at Queercents vowed to "Buy Nothing" on Friday, sales reports are showing that this year's Black Friday sales were up from last year, giving the much…