May
06
2009

The Car Price to Gross Income Ratio

I had to sum up a lot of courage to come to terms with writing this post, and I am still fighting an internal battle to accept it.  If you recall from a previous post of mine, cars are one of my top 3 most cherished material items, and you’ll soon understand why this is […]

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Apr
13
2009

Dress For Less: Finding Premier Clothing Brands for Discounted Prices

Those of you who know where the slogan in the title of this post comes from will better understand the message it attempts to convey.  Simply put, you don’t have to shop at designer stores and pay designer prices just to get designer outfits.  There are entire department stores dedicated to providing you with these […]

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Apr
06
2009

PC or Mac? The Timeless Question

The age-old battle between the computer software giant Microsoft and the reborn innovator Apple has been bubbling for years now, and in the past few years it has spread to more than just personal computers.  Each side has their arguments about what makes them better than the other, and chances are that this war will […]

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Mar
11
2009

The Cheapskate Factory

We have all done something in the past that might be viewed as being very frugal.  One blog post on extreme frugality documented several accounts of this, including these interesting few: Bring your own cheese when eating hamburgers out so you won’t be charged for a cheeseburger Writing on post it notes in pencil so […]

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Mar
10
2009

Social Settings are Exceptions to Complete Frugality

The purpose of this blog is to help you save money.  And there are always times when you need to make a decision between doing something and paying money for it, or not doing it and keeping your money.  Obviously if you want to save more, you will choose not to pay.  But every once-in-awhile […]

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