A big part of personal finance advice revolves around finding ways to spend less. Less money going out the door means more money staying in your bank account. By and by, some purchases draw an above-average amount of fire. Bottled water is one of them. I’ve seen at least three posts over the past few … Read more
There are lots of advantages that come out of being in a healthy marriage. A healthy marriage takes work, and lots of communication, especially about financial matters. Over time, I’ve come to view differences of opinion on money matters with my wife less as argument, but more as different perspective. Partners have different ways of … Read more
We really, really like us some Amazon. For convenience, time savings, speed — and most of all cost — Amazon has a ton to offer. Some of the groceries we get are a bit pricey because common ingredients don’t agree with some family members. Often, Amazon comes through with the right products at a good … Read more
Comparison shopping isn’t that difficult most of the time. Stores make it pretty easy. Some of the simplest things can get you, though … Comparison shopping has gotten much easier to do with search engines and other price alert services. Retailers have to be more competitive now that pricing information is everywhere. A friend I’ve … Read more
(That’s the course that follows Unit Pricing 101, of course!) Unit pricing (for the uninitiated) is the calculation that grocery stores put on the shelf price tags that tell you how much an item costs per pound, per ounce, per 100 count, etc. It’s arrived at by dividing the price of the whole package by … Read more
We’ve saved a bit of money on some of our staple grocery items by not buying them in the store. Services like Amazon’s Subscribe and Save and Walmart’s Home Free Shipping let us get a number of items we use regularly at quite a bit of saving. The problem with bargains Buying from here works … Read more
There are a lot of bargain hunters out there, I just found out. Deals are all over the place, of course, but the better-than-average ones get snagged really quickly. As in, “throw the item into the shopping cart and run for the register” quickly! My wife asked me to get some more powdered milk. We … Read more
Odds are excellent that you’ve seen this happen, or had it happen to you. You go to a vending machine (hungry), stare over the array of junky food and candy inside, make a selection, put your money in, and … … the machine jams, or your selection gets wedged in between the coil and the … Read more