There are lots of reasons why it’s good to have some short term savings, a kind of cushion, if you will. Chief among them is that you won’t be overdrawing your checking account should your timing be a little off. But there are some other less-obvious advantages that can save you money. The main one [...]
Read More >>I came across an amusing article this morning called “Tips to save a buck from the cheap, famous“. It looks at (real and fictional) frugalites through the ages and asks, “What can we learn from them?”
Read More >>Welcome to the almost-Valentine’s-Day edition of the Carnival of the Capitalists. This week (okay, every week), we have a wide variety of posts on a wider variety of topics, ranging from freelancing to crime and punishment to investing. With this kind of scope, I found it tricky to come up with categories that were both [...]
Read More >>It’s true, friends. Just a week after hosting the fabulous Festival of Frugality here at frugal underground, today marks the beginning of a new week of Carnival of the Capitalists submissions, all of which I’ll be pouring over lovingly. That’s right—the Carnival is coming here next week. Read the rules and submit your favorite post [...]
Read More >>CiN Weekly has a short article on “Frugal & fresh” weddings. Frankly, I think they have a different idea of frugal than I do (they highlight a dress by a “lesser-known designer” for $875 retail; that’s a large chunk of the entire cost of my wedding). But they have some ideas that might be helpful, [...]
Read More >>I just signed up for Blingo on the recommendation of a friend. It is an interesting idea. Basically, it’s a search engine built on top of Google (it provides Google results) that gives away prizes (hence the “Bling” part of their brilliant name). I’m assuming that they use Google to supply the results but put [...]
Read More >>Yesterday the Detroit Free Press published a column called “Super fun, frugal lessons” by Rochelle Riley. The article is mostly about how a couple of NFL football players worked did a financial seminar for high-school students: San Diego Chargers star and Central High School graduate Antonio Gates skipped hosting a Super Bowl party, and instead [...]
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