Image by Getty Images via Daylife Overall, I’m proud of the new discipline we’re applying to our finances. But frugal can be taken too far. I realized this last week, as I nearly ran into a median driving to Target. It was a blindingly bright day, but I couldn’t wear my sunglasses, because I wasn’t [...]
Entries from January 12th, 2009
When Frugal Goes Too Far
January 12th, 2009 3 Comments
Tags: contact solution · frugality · frugality trap · Target
Bring Back the Chump Economy
January 9th, 2009 1 Comment
Everyone wants an angle. The inside scoop, the double-digit returns, the thing that is going to make everything easy. If we learned anything from 2008′s massive economic meltdown, maybe it’s that there is no angle. Not really. At least not on a massive scale. So here’s a little nostalgia-fest, courtesy of a friend of mine, [...]
Tags: Commoncraft · Saturday Night Live · SNL
Ticket Punched: Goodbye NFL Season Pass
January 7th, 2009 6 Comments
Image via Wikipedia Cash Husband here again. Just received an ominous e-mail from DirecTV, informing me that my e-bill is ready for viewing. I was sure this month’s bill would be back to normal, following five months of paying extra for NFL Sunday Ticket. But no. Here we are again at $114. For a month [...]
Tags: NFL · NFL Sunday Ticket · Oakland Raiders
My Groceries, Myself
January 5th, 2009 No Comments
Image via Wikipedia It’s January 5th, and by now I’m supposed to have vowed to transform myself 10 different ways in 2009. But I’m still processing the year that was and what I’ve learned. I got a good sense of that the other day in my old grocery store, which I visited for the first [...]
Tags: Community-supported agriculture · grocery store · Trader Joe
