Let’s be Honest
You need to be careful when you calculate how much you will save by changing some small habit. I’ve heard or read statements like, “Coffee […]
Doug's Methods of Saving Money
One of the easiest ways to economize and save money is to avoid convenience.
You need to be careful when you calculate how much you will save by changing some small habit. I’ve heard or read statements like, “Coffee […]
Avoid convenience. Save a lot of money. That’s all of the truth about saving money. Here’s an example. Last week I opened the refrigerator to […]
In much of North America the last snow of the winter usually occurs sometime in February or March, which is also the time of the […]
“You don’t mind if I cut the cheese?”, I asked my colleagues eating lunch with me at our workplace cafeteria. As I said it, I […]
The basic principle of avoiding convenience applies to soap. You can make your own soap and save money in the process — and probably get […]
For a long time, I’ve wondered if maybe some day I might take an old washing machine and hook it up to a stationary bicycle […]
Years ago (I mean, in the 1970s), Father Guido Sarducci was selling “Mr Tea” — a “tea maker” that was little more than a funnel […]
It was a warm summer day. I was at work. My phone rang. It was my wife. She told me that she had noticed that […]
I won’t mention the website by name, but let’s just say there’s now another website business that allows you to pay big $$$ for convenience. […]
Popcorn — the kind you buy in bulk and make yourself — is a very economical snack. Less than 40¢ per serving (and I mean […]
I don’t buy things from vending machines anyway, so what should I care if people who use a credit card get charged more? Vending machine […]
Over the past weekend I avoided the convenience of paying someone to cut some low-hanging branches on the trees in my yard. I avoided the […]
You can save about 90% off the cost of a fast-food breakfast by using a microwave oven to make your own hot oatmeal in your […]
The basic idea of not buying water that has been transported in bottles has already floated by, in this post about frozen juice concentrate. But […]
Assuming you already have a stove …why would you buy an electric waffle maker? Most of the cost of an electric waffle maker is the electrical […]
Bags of salad. I hate ’em. Years ago I heard of a new peanut-butter product. It was peanut butter packaged like individually-wrapped cheese “singles” that […]
“I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough,” said Diogenes. I say I admire Diogenes’s effort to simplify his […]
During summer, when the days are the hottest and most humid, you need air-conditioning in your home. But what about when it’s merely warm during the […]