Here are two incredibly simple free ideas for saving cash and carbon. First, let me stress that I’m not a huge program junkie: having too many systems is detrimental to my already stunted productivity… I managed to hold off on downloading iFart. And ok, I did succumb to Koi Pond, but it[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Personal Finance’
November 19th, 2008 - § in News/Info/Causes
While major chains languish… re-sale stores thrive
Economic woes have nudged more and more shoppers through the doors of thrift and consignment stores. A survey by The National Association of Resale and Thrift Stores showed that 66.2% of stores posted a sales surge of an average 35% from January to August compared with the same period in 2007. The [...]
November 13th, 2008 - § in News/Info/Causes
Are you a frugalista? I am!!
I just read an article that highlighted some new terms that have risen from the ashes of the financial meltdown. The word of the year for 2008, from the New Oxford American Dictionary, is “hypermiling.” To hypermile is to maximize gas mileage by making fuel-conserving adjustments to one&[...]
November 10th, 2008 - § in Shopping Strategy
Money…
This blows my mind: the US collectively has around $850 billion in outstanding credit card debt: that’s $9,659 per household! My message for today: don’t spend money you don’t have on luxuries! (And with the help of my tips, you shouldn’t have to…) I do love boots, bags[...]