In my lifetime, or at least ever since I started paying attention, people have made money or become rich off of a broad range of items, some being as obvious as rare art found in the attic, others include the man in Kansas that recently sold an unwrapped Nintendo Stadium Game for $41,000.00.
Just the same, [...]
I read an article today and last week and last month about what a waste of money bottled water is and I wondered if maybe I haven’t cut my expenses as much as I thought.
Sorry, but I like bottled water. I don’t drink water from the tap, and these articles aren’t taking into consideration the [...]
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Once in a while I come across ridiculous things that people buy and today it was cashmere toilet paper. After thinking how ridiculous the wealthy are sometimes, I began thinking of all the purchases I would never make, even if I somehow got out of debt and could afford it. Here is my list of [...]
I mentioned a while back how proud I was that I actually had some extra money after the bills were paid. I believe the post started with something similar to “woohoo…”
Well, after spending my weekend plus my vacation day fiddling with a crashed hard drive on my laptop, I gave in and purchased a new [...]
There are things that aren’t better cheaper and one of them is medication. There have recently been reports of online companies that are offering and selling inexpensive H1N1 vaccines and meds that supposedly can prevent or fight against H1N1 that have not been FDA approved. It should go without saying that you should only trust [...]
I just thought I’d post some more about how I’m going to include my spending in the blog posts. Since Day 1 of Operation Where in the Heck is My Money Going, I’ve officially spent $1 on a bag of chips so I realized that hopefully there will be plenty of days that I have [...]
I guess some people aren’t happy about the suggestion to tax soda. To me, it’s like cigarettes. Neither is good for anyone and serve no purpose other than making people unhealthy. I rarely drink soda and of course my daughter doesn’t at all yet, so of course the selfish part of me says to go [...]
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I’ve been looking around at the things in my life and have realized that pre bankruptcy I purchased a lot of stuff I probably didn’t need then and still don’t. Actually I’ve purchased things I don’t really need after the bankruptcy as well, but I can honestly say that I rarely make frivolous purchases since [...]
