Musings on Money, Personal Finance, Frugality, Debt, and Other Matters
I ran across this article on Wisebread (a great read, by the way) titled “Frugal Things My Mom Does“, which talks about this ketchup story:
Our kitchen has drawers stocked with drive-thru napkins, straws, plastic silverware, chopsticks, and all variety of other things. But what I find the strangest is the drawer in the refrigerator […]
On one of my earlier posts, “Motivation For Frugality - It Is Not Always About The Money“, a reader (a self-declared minimum wage earner) left this comment:
This indefinite frugality has produced in me a feeling of smug superiority, as in “you’re a spendthrift, I’m more frugal than you.” It has also made me wince […]
Last week, I posted a list of 25 things that “we do to save money” and I have been thinking on it ever since. Some introspective questions resulted from the thinking, like: were all of those things done *actively* to save money? or were there other motivations behind the actions - and saving money […]
Add to: del.icio.us | Digg | Yahoo MyWeb | Google | Netscape | StumbleUponThis is a list of day-to-day activities (that we engage in at present times or did in the past) that manifest some aspects of frugality in our lives - nothing too extraordinarily profound, but interesting nevertheless. The list is presented in no particular order for no particular reason. Wherever possible, I have included links […]
Add to: del.icio.us | Digg | Yahoo MyWeb | Google | Netscape | StumbleUponI was reading this book “Living Well on a Shoestring” the other day and came across some amusing penny-pinching tips. The almost-400 page book is full of smart and frugal things to do, but at times, some of the tips made me exclaim - What!? Here 10 frugal solutions from the book that […]
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