Clever Dude was rather nonplussed by a commenter’s potty-mouth response to Clever Dudette’s post on frugal lunches. The gist of what the commenter meant to convey was emphasizing higher earning power over increased frugality. Put another way, the suggestion was to earn more rather than spend less. Put yet another way, earning more is a … Read more
Over the past few weeks I’ve bought large amounts of things from folks running yard sales. The first buy-out was a whole bunch of scrapbooking and stamping supplies from a home business owner who was moving on to other things. The second buy-out was a large collection of music CDs this past weekend. These two … Read more
Patrick over at Cash Money Life was kind enough to point me toward this MoneyCentral article: Garage sales thrive in online world This is an excellent article. If you haven’t read it, go ahead. I’ll wait. 😉 Discussed within the article are: fantastic garage sale finds methods of advertising your sale methods of finding other … Read more
We went to a big outlet mall near where we live after church today. My wife was shopping for quilting fabric and I was going around the mall with my daughter. One of the center kiosks had used DVDs for sale. The three prices for the DVDs were $8.50, $5.00, and $3.00, from most recent … Read more
This weekend I stopped by a yard sale on the way to another activity. I had thought it would be a quick two-minute scan and then I’d be on my way. Boy, was I wrong! A little background: My wife on occasion does scrapbooking, and she has a lot of friends that are into scrapbooking … Read more
The weather this weekend in the Northern Neck of VA was the best it had been for most of the month. Birds were chirping, squirrels were squirreling, and vultures were yard-saling. Squirrels, with their twitchy tails and acrobatic flair, were in full form—darting across power lines, leaping from oak to pine like furry little daredevils. … Read more
Packing your lunch instead of eating fast food during lunch at work is an excellent way to spend less money. It’s nothing new, though. One bad spending habit that crept in while we were budgeting by using The Force was eating out. My wife has been very kind in helping me with packing my lunch. … Read more
I was saddened when our local discount grocery store went out of business. After nearly a year, though, it’s back in business with a new twist. It’s no longer just “scratch and dent” groceries for sale. About half of the shelf space is groceries as it was before — canned goods, household chemicals, pet food, … Read more