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. People hardly recycle aluminum cans anymore,...
July 14, 2009
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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 my traditional tips in that I...
July 13, 2009
The Dave Ramsey Experiment
At the beginning of this year the owner of the company I work for presented us with a challenge: Read Dave Ramsey’s The Total Money Makeover...
July 10, 2009
Bank Bailout: how it could have been done (another approach)
I already talked about an alternate way that the Bank Bailout could have been orchestrated, but that got me thinking… here’s another idea: Interest Rates Why...
June 30, 2009
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 as you have a checking account,...
June 19, 2009
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 school math teacher taught you is...
June 18, 2009
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 live in Utah where it’s fairly...
June 16, 2009
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