Archive for the ‘Frugal’ Category
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How My Wife and I Celebrate Valentine’s Day - Past and Present
Valentine’s Day - there are few holidays like it. You either love it or hate it. Until 3 years ago, I was more of hater than a lover. Since I met the woman who would later become my wife, the tide has turned considerably.
If you are alone this year consider this: My wife is conditioned to do her taxes on February 14th every year. It’s taken me a couple of years to break her of the habit. As for me, I still remember “celebrating” the Valentine’s Day of 2004. I was at a […] -
Rich and Famous Discuss Frugality
Earlier today, I was watching the Super Bowl Media Day coverage, when this little conversation nugget occurred. In a little bit of fun, Patriots’ Tom Brady was taking questions from Pierre Woods, a Patriots player who doesn’t get a lot of playing time. Here’s a paraphrase of the conversation:
Pierre Woods: Everyone says that you should put the boot [famously from the New York tabloids] on Ebay. You could get $500,000 for that.
Tom Brady: You aren’t paying for that.
Pierre Woods: I know I’m not.
Tom Brady: [To the media] Pierre, was complaining the other day. He said, […] -
Saving Money at Fuddruckers: What’s Too Frugal?
This past weekend my wife and I organized a bit of a date night. We saw No Country For Old Men. (Quick thought on it: Weird ending, without spoiling anything, it seemed to “yada yada” over what should have been the best part of the movie.) We also went to dinner to Fuddruckers.
Fuddruckers is an interesting choice for a “date night.” It’s not a candlelight dinner by any stretch. However, since we both enjoy the burgers it suffices as a cheap dinner. I couldn’t help, but think that if we wanted to push […] -
Buy Candy On Sale
Halloween is over, how much extra candy did you have left over? If your answer is none, then there’s good news. Stores across the nation will be putting their leftover candy on sale. They need to clear the aisles for the end of the year holiday sales. Many of the stores near you may have already replaced the orange and black with the red and green.
Now that you know there’s a sale, you need to have a plan. Getting the best pricing is a difficult challenge. Do you buy right after Halloween and get […] -
Would you live in a Lazy Man designed community?
In reading and writing about personal finance over the 18 months, I’ve realized that frugality is the one of the most common topics. Sometimes I like to take a good thing and think of it in the extreme sense. How cheap could you live? Looking at my necessary expenses (it represents half of our total household expenses), I realize that it costs us $2900 a month to live in Silicon Valley. Nearly $2000 of that is in our monthly rent. The rest is largely transportation and utilities.
I often imagine how I could reduce those costs. […]
