Archive for November, 2005

Gratuitous bunny ears

There’s no particular reason to post this (in terms of holidays and whatnot) but it’s cheap and too darn cute to pass up: Make bunny ears for your kid

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Ten dollar verdict

You may remember that I wanted to participate in the Ten Dollar Challenge. I actually haven’t forgotten about it; I’ve been trying to come up with a brilliant idea. Of course, as Ramit points out eloquently, that’s not really a great plan. So I’ve decided to stop pondering and start acting. Initially, I thought of [...]

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Airline tickets: find a bargain faster

There’s a great post over at Sound Money Tips that talks about how to use Google to search for airline tickets. Let’s say you want to go from New York to LA next week. Just type in those two locations — ‘new york los angeles’ — in Google’s search box, and at the top of [...]

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Cheap fun for crafty kids

I love kid things. I regularly read children’s picture books from the library (and consequently, Amazon recommends them to me all the time and I find great new books). I like coloring books. And I have a blast with assembling paper crafts. I don’t actually have kids, though, so all of this wonderfulness doesn’t really [...]

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Great personal finance articles

The 21st Carnival of Personal Finance went up yesterday, and there were some great posts. My favorites: Million Dollar Experiment How my Aerobed saved me money Know Your Inner Investor Adding Canada to Your Portfolio 50 Ways to Leave you Richer — Part II

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Ask for bargains

When you think of bargaining, if you’re like me, you think of street markets and car dealerships. In most first-world countries, people don’t generally think about bargaining for better prices. However, I’ve heard a couple of things lately that encourage me to rethink this. First, I saw an article in a magazine (can’t remember which [...]

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