All of dougsmethodsofsavingmoney.com, starting with the first post.
- Read This Book: “The Richest Man in Babylon” by George Samuel Clason (free PDF)
- Why You Need to Save Money
- Avoid ATM Fees
- Is That Shampoo Bottle Empty?
- Use the Toilet at Work
- Pay Attention to Expiration Dates
- $30 For Carrying a Box to Work
- Get a VHS Player
- Cut Your Hair Yourself
- Re-Use Cereal Bags
- Use Pump Bottles for Dish-washing Liquid
- Do You Really Need a Smartphone?
- Convert Coins to Dollars
- Stay Cool With Window Fans
- Cast Iron Cookware
- Quote (Charles Dickens)
- The Cup is a Marvelous Invention — Are You Using it to Your Best Advantage?
- Thrift Shop Cool: Glass Barometer
- Drink Juice Made From Frozen Concentrate
- Refresh Tortillas and Tortilla Chips
- Bagged Salads
- Don’t Buy Something You Already Have: Waffle Maker
- I Like Plugable Keyboards
- $10 For An Electric Mulching Lawnmower
- The Best Screensaver
- Buy Birthday, Get Well, Sympathy, Etc Cards in Advance
- Why Buy Gift Cards?
- Use a Shower Shutoff Valve
- Homemade Iced Tea
- Read the Fine Print — Don’t Miss the Discounts
- Free Washer and Dryer (and How to Disassemble a Front-Loading Washer and Dryer)
- Mold and Mildew: Why That Front-Loading Washing Machine Was on the Curb
- Advice About Debt: The Purchase Should Last Longer Than the Payments
- How to Microwave Oatmeal in a Cup
- Why You Should Pay Your Credit Card Bill At Least Twice Per Month
- Quote
- $150 For an Hour’s Work
- Mop
- Check the Prices and Quantities
- If You Absolutely Must Buy Something For Christmas
- Don’t Throw Away That Old Calendar
- Super (Bowl) Efficiency
- Athlete’s Foot
- Saving Money With a Prepaid Cellphone
- Saving Money (Again) With Youtube Instructions
- Just Three More Payments and They’re All His
- Quote (Benjamin Franklin)
- Noticing the Net
- Saving Money With a Bow Saw
- Board Games
- Pay Yourself First
- Shave With a Double-Edged Razor
- Keep Checking and Savings Accounts at a Credit Union
- Please Don’t Get A Car-Title Loan
- You Never Know What You’re Gonna Get
- Binder Clip Laptop Camera Blocker
- Free Scissors and Light Bulb
- Which Movie to See?
- Einstein, Algamish, and Compound Interest
- You Have 24 Hours
- An Amazon Review
- Keep Dress Shoes at the Office
- Start Your Savings with MyRA
- Vending Machine Credit Card Fee
- Questions for a Boy or Girl
- O Fortuna
- If You Like Popcorn, This Popper Will Save You Money
- Another Way to Pay Big $$$ For Convenience
- No Hot Water Not So Bad (in the Summer)
- Why Read This Blog?
- How I Fixed the Fridge
- This is a Coffee Maker
- Making Pots and Pans Last Longer
- “Internal Revenue Services” Scam
- Hand-Powered Clothes Washing Machine
- Think About Spending in Annual Terms
- Beware of Amazon-eBay Arbitrage
- Quote (Brian Eno)
- Bathroom Fan
- Treating a Sprained Ankle
- The Cost of Credit Cards
- Sunlight Brings TI Solar Calculator Back to Life
- Power Strip With USB Charging Port Solves Problem of Missing Phone Charger
- Missed My Chance For a Free Mirror
- $100 From Morning Yard Sale
- The Salux Washcloth
- New Thermocouple for Water Heater
- Self-Fusing Silicone Tape Fixes Leaking Washer
- Online Mistake Costs $70 (Which I Got Refunded)
- Be Careful With Subscriptions
- Re-Use Pepper Grinder
- I Made A Mistake
- Washing Shower Curtains
- Old, But Good, Advice
- Did Bill Gates Say “If you born poor, it’s not your mistakes”?
- Spending is Like a Faucet
- Using $-Off Promo Codes
- Almost-Free Iced Coffee
- Buttons and Bolts
- Replacing Fluorescent Tubes With LEDs
- Finally Got a Smartphone
- Make Your Own Soap
- Cutting the Cheese
- Trusting Your Car to Turn Off the Headlights
- Tightening the Newel Post
- Inspiration From Youtube
- Removal Road Salt, Avoid Automobile Rust
- Homeowners: Pay Property Taxes and Insurance Yourself
- Bottom Line: Why I Like Index Funds
- Buying New(ish) Cars, Saving $500,000
- Net Worth, Year II
- The Saving Road to Independence
- The “Nest Egg”
- Cold Showers
- Super Magnets from Old Computer Hard-Drive
- “Compound Interest” vs “Compound Earnings”
- Accounting For Different Kinds of Accounts
- Look Carefully at Every Bill
- The Solar Eclipse and “Lost Productivity”
- Telephone Handsets from Goodwill
- Fixing Flapper Valve in Toilet
- Replacing Saddle Valve With Compression Tee
- Remember the Ant and the Grasshopper
- Latte Factor vs Saving on the Big Things
- DIY Washing Machine Lint Trap
- Don’t be Embarrassed to Save Money
- Favorite Pieces of Classical Music
- Natural Gas Offer
- Preventing Bathtub and Shower Mildew and Mold
- Olive the Truth About Saving Money
- $300 Bonus for Opening Checking Account
- I Cut a Hole in the Front of my Washing Machine
- Listening to Dave Ramsey
- DIY Neighborhood Watch
- Scrooge Was Right: You’re Smart to Wear Warm Clothes in Winter
- My Computer Was Beeping
- A Dehumidifier Helped my Dryer
- I Don’t Want to Charge Anything (I’m Just Here for the Bonus)
- A $1,000 Emergency Fund Savings Account: One Thing Dave Ramsey is Right About
- Let’s be Honest
- Just Park the Car
- Save or Spend: Give Money To Your Future Self … or … Take Money From Your Future Self
- Cashier Scam at Convention Center
- Breakfast for a Week for $4: Hard-Boiled Eggs
- A Penny Saved is Worth More Than a Penny Earned
- High-Yield Savings Accounts
- Debt Snowball, Slightly Modified: The “Avalanche”
- You Decide
- Spend Money Without Paying Taxes on It With an FSA
- “Tax Refund” = Zero-Interest Savings
- Save Money With Slow-Cooker Pot Roast
- Mortgage Will be Paid Off 2 Years Sooner Thanks to New Homeowners Insurance
- The Essential Thing
- Guaranteed 22% Return!
- Provisioning at Aldi
- Watch Strap Spring Bar Pins
- Net Worth, Year III
- Edward Gibbon on Personal Finance
- The Micawber Principle
- Save Money by Cleaning Toilets With Coca-Cola?
- New Battery for an Old Phone
- Avoiding Tuition Payment Plan Fees
- “Your Credit Cards Got Maxed Out”
- Did the Manager Try to Cheat Me?
- Is This Why Casinos Make Money?
- Your Retirement Up in Smoke: Can You Afford Cigarettes?
- The Year of Typing Dvorakly
- A Little More Credit-Card Churning and Thoughts Thereon
- I Wonder if They Could Really Afford Their Tattoos
- A Credit Card for Emergencies?
- Economize Like it’s 1945
- “Never compare your insides to someone else’s outsides”
- “The Debt” by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Net Worth, Year IV
- Eureka! I Have Found It!
- What are Stocks? Bonds? Mutual Funds? Index Funds?
- 154 Rolls of Toilet Paper
- Can You Listen to Music on Your Cell Phone For Free?
- An Empty Pellegrino Bottle Helped Me Save Money
