To save money, channel your inner crusty old codger.
“For my father, and the generation or two that grew up with him, there’s nothing new about the ‘new’ normal. In fact, it’s old hat.”
Also, this week’s roundup includes tips to save on baby products, weddings, e-books, groceries, and everyday household expenses, along with Jedi mind tricks played by retailers (store clerk to you: “These are the shoes you’re looking for”), and signs indicating that frugality has turned to the dark side, transforming honorable thrift into hoarding as disturbing [...]
Also: stuff you should never pay for, including certain insurance policies, brand-new technology, checking accounts, and ridiculous plastic surgeries. Cankle liposuction anyone?
Another list of things your hard-working, unspoiled ancestors never would have dropped a dime on—and that you therefore can go without. Today, the Grandparents Rule, home edition.
Adding to our Grandparents Rule, a list of things that your forebears never paid for—and that therefore you really don’t need:
Introducing a simple trick for saving: The Grandparents Rule. If your grandparents didn’t have it, then you probably don’t need it.
