For some people who have tried to go cold turkey and stop making unnecessary purchases, being good is getting boring. They’re experiencing “frugal fatigue,” and many shoppers out there are bound to crack.
Economists say the only way you can get your finances in better shape is to save more and spend less. Economists also say that the way to get our national economy in better shape is to have people spend more—and therefore save less. So basically, right now, we should all be spending more and saving [...]
A town in the suburbs of Boston needs an overgrown meadow cleared. Rather than hiring a landscaping service to mow it, the town has “employed” some workers who will do the job only in exchange for food. A pilot program has half-a-dozen goats chomping away at the meadow.
Death is inevitable. Being buried in a nice cemetery plot—or any plot for that matter—is not.
Public libraries are obviously great: Books, DVDs, and more are there for the borrowing, free of charge. Now there are ways to get more out of the library without actually going to the library.
Forgive the alliteration. Wal-Mart is squaring off against Amazon.com in a price war that has brought new books by best-selling author like Stephen King and Sarah Palin (OK, she doesn’t have a best-seller yet, but will soon) below the $10 mark.
From October 16 to 24, use the coupon code TENOFFSDB to receive $10 off purchases of $50 or more at Sears.com.
In terms of Halloween outfits, you can go cheap and easy, or put a little money into a costume that’ll last. Or you can play off what’s in the news (the recession!) with a clever, timely costume like a Pyramid Scheme, a Bear Market, a Repo Man, a Job Seeker, or, scariest of all, Bernie [...]
Poorly-crafted homemade Halloween costumes can be a little sad. The results just don’t wind up looking like the ones in the magazine photos. Some of the cheap store-bought costumes are likely to rip before the kid’s candy sack is one-quarter full.
Are you lazy? Cheap? Prone to procrastination? All of the above? If so, one or these easy and inexpensive costume ideas may be right for you or your kids.
After a trial run, Wal-Mart is planning on selling Straight Talk Tracfone phones around the country. The prepaid phones do NOT have long-term contracts—no worries about about ETFs (early termination fees)—and come with monthly plans that start at $30.
