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Blog Archives
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Is silver money better than paper money?
In 1964… In 1964 a quarter would buy you about a gallon of gas, about a gallon of milk, or [...]
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Frugal Tip: How to save $1.50/month by switching to Paperless Billing on T-Mobile
I just got my T-Mobile bill and was surprised to see an insert noting “Important Changes to your T-Mobile® bill.” [...]
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Frugal Tip: Ditch the Bottled Water
Bottled water is one of the most convenient inventions of the modern era. It’s also one of the most wasteful. [...]
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Frugal Tip: Drink Water instead of Caffeine
Sorry it’s been a while since my last Frugal Tip. Inspiration, it seems, comes in spurts. Today’s tip deviates from [...]
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The Dave Ramsey Experiment
At the beginning of this year the owner of the company I work for presented us with a challenge: Read [...]
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Frugal Tip: Pay your bills online
If you’re like me, you bank at a credit union or bank that offers you “free bill pay” so long [...]
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Frugal Tip: Snowball your debt
This one comes straight from Dave Ramsey, and it’s mathematically WRONG. The fact that it goes against everything your high [...]
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Frugal Tip: Make an extra house payment
This is one of those tips that will save you tons of money later by spending more now. I know, [...]
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Frugal Tip: Open the Windows
This year we decided to be a bit more thrifty with our use of the central air conditioning unit. We [...]
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Frugal Tip: Ditch your Land-Line
Most people have a traditional telephone, even when they have a cellular phone in their pocket or strapped to their [...]
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Frugal Tip: Downgrade at-home Netflix, upgrade Streaming Netflix
First off, I’m assuming that you’re already paying for Netflix’s 3-DVDs unlimited plan that we talked about last time. If [...]
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Frugal Tip: Switch to Netflix instead of Redbox to Rent Videos
So you Ditched Paid TV like I suggested in my last article, but you’re going through withdrawal at the lack [...]
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Frugal Tip: Ditch Paid TV
Continuing with the TV theme of the last few frugal tips, here’s another. If you are paying for basic cable [...]
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Frugal Tip: TV on YOUR Schedule
Today’s tip is going to be a little more techie than the prior two, and we’re going to make some [...]









