February 2009

Subscriber Swap Saturday: One on One with No Debt Plan

February 28, 2009

Welcome to Subscriber Swap Saturday! The basic idea here is to get the subscribers of one blog to subscribe to the other blog for at least a week, just to try it out. If after a week you don’t find that blogger’s content enticing – then just drop it like it’s hot. The main hope [...]

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How Frugal is too Frugal? (when you don’t have a life anymore)

February 27, 2009

A lot of us bloggers rave about being so frugal and cutting corners all the time, but there comes a time when enough is enough. Just like dieting, you can’t ALWAYS be frugal’ing your way around town. Once overboard, you’ll be sure to jump back in the safety boat soon enough. Today’s post was inspired [...]

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This Week in the Land of Personal Finance.

February 27, 2009

Favorite Nuggets: Shrewd Cheeseburger Negotiations! Haha….kids do the darndest things. A bit on the longer side, but it’s well worth it. (Be sure to read the end comments too) Biggest Database of Thriftstores! According to them anyways :) Search by zip code… Spendster.org – Need some motivation? Or like telling secrets? “Share your story of [...]

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Do you think showering together REALLY saves water?

February 26, 2009

I don’t know, but I sure would like to try it! According to my good friend Kim Kardashian though, it works like a charm ;) Any of you remember that whole hoop-lah about her saying she takes showers w/ her BF to save water? For whatever reason i’m only now coming across these articles, but [...]

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Flashback: Getting scammed by a door-to-door salesman.

February 25, 2009

Yup, I fell for the ol’ magazine scam back in my college days…and i didn’t even see it coming! (Dumb & Dumber anyone?) I guess everyone has to learn sometime though, and better with small amounts than big ones. For whatever reason, I remember this particular day as if it were just yesterday. The sun [...]

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Has the Economy changed your shopping habits? Not for me.

February 24, 2009

I was a frugal ba$tard long before the Economy got all kooky ;) And it’s a good thing too or else we’d be really hurtin’! While we were lucky enough to figure it out beforehand, unfortunately others weren’t :( This leads to today’s post inspired by my girl Frugal, who should actually be about married [...]

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Save $50 a Day and Feel No Pain? Hmm…I dunno about that.

February 23, 2009

As many of you know, I’m a huge magazine addict (i like all the pretty pictures). So it’s no surprise that I devour about 4-5 personal finance magazines every month, all of which excite me. Every now and then though, I come across some “advice” that I personally have a hard time agreeing with. The [...]

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Got a Cool Interview up over at A Gai Shan Life :)

February 21, 2009

Yup, my girl Revanche picks my brain on a whole bunch of stuff – motivation, frugalness, night habits, my relationship w/ the Mrs., celebrity stardom (hah!), being anonymous, and a bunch of other random goodness! If you’re interested, you can check it out over at A Gai Shan Life. Thanks Revanche! One of my favorite [...]

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How’s your 401(k) lookin’ upside your peers?

February 20, 2009

Do you think you’re in line w/ Joe the Plumber? Or how about that co-worker to your left? Well now’s the time to find out buster ;) My boy Hank over at Own The Dollar found some pretty sweet graphs from USNews.com the other day, and I just couldn’t hold it in. Y’all know I’m [...]

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This Week Around the PF Blogosphere…

February 20, 2009

Favorite Finds: Frugal Frauds revealed! According to LuLuGal, a frugal fraud is someone who talks about ways to save money, but then doesn’t follow suit themselves. She rounds up a few bloggers to dish the dirt, and some are pretty funny ;) Wisebread’s Top 100 Most Popular Personal Finance Blogs. Oh yeah – the big [...]

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