Earlier this winter, I posted about 10 Ways to Lower Your Heating Bill. I took my own advice on the idea of “heating just the space you occupy”, by purchasing a used Infrared Heater as well as a DeLonghi Oil-Filled … Continue reading
We all have that friend. The one who turns every conversation about debt into a sob story. They can’t stop talking about their awful credit card debt and horrible student loans. Meanwhile, they’re burning through credit card-financed chai lattes at … Continue reading
During the ‘depths’ of the recent recession, it became almost an obsession with some people to try to use coupons to get ‘something for nothing’. These ‘extreme-couponers’, as they were dubbed would spend precious hours every week clipping coupons and … Continue reading
Whenever the warm summer season rolls around, I always notice people’s dispositions changing. All of the sudden, their stresses leave them and a sense of excitement and adventure swoops in to replace their once-negative emotions. Many people look forward to … Continue reading
Simple living blogs and personal finance blogs first started popping up online around 2006. Or, maybe that is just when I first started discovering them. Regardless, over the last few years this niche area of blogging has become extremely popular … Continue reading
Some of us are still feeling the pinch of a lingering recession, with 2012 proving to be a financially challenging year. This is a good reason to think of creative ways to make our money stretch a little further each … Continue reading
There are many approaches to ensure that you save electricity, reduce your electricity bills, and ultimately save some cash. Besides small additions such as power strips which enable you to easily switch off a group of electronic appliances in the … Continue reading
My transition from ‘dumb’ phone to smartphone was far from seamless. In my usual spend-thrift way, I started shopping around for the cheapest smartphone I could find. I tried the HTC G1 and one of the many Blackberry flavors before … Continue reading
America has a love affair with cars that dates back to the early Model T automobiles kicking up clouds of dust on the unpaved roads of the time. Henry Ford created a mass-production system that brought the cost of car … Continue reading
Amish or Mennonites Shopping = Good Deals The other day, I mentioned to my wife that, as a rule of thumb, if you see Amish or Mennonites in a store, chances are there are some good deals to be had … Continue reading