An Empty Pellegrino Bottle Helped Me Save Money
I don’t mind occasionally paying for bottled water — if it’s on sale at Costco. It’s just one of those little luxuries that bring a […]
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I don’t mind occasionally paying for bottled water — if it’s on sale at Costco. It’s just one of those little luxuries that bring a […]
In the local free newspaper on the way to work a few weeks ago, I noticed a coupon for $5 off any $30 purchase to […]
One of the easiest ways to save money is to eat out less. When I was a kid, eating out was something middle-class people, at […]
Hard-boiled eggs are an excellent and inexpensive breakfast food, especially if you know the best way to cook them. I think most people like hard-boiled […]
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 […]
Thorstein Veblen was an economist and sociologist who coined the term “conspicuous consumption” several decades ago. Conspicuous consumption: spending money just to publicly demonstrate wealth […]
“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 […]
At a church meeting I recently attended, someone made a pot of coffee. When the pot was empty, another pot was made. After the meeting was […]
It’s damn annoying that some of the “disposable” pepper grinders (the kind made by spice manufacturers and sold at grocery stores) can’t be easily opened so […]
If you want your pots and pans to last longer, avoid taking pots and pans that are cold (i.e., room temperature) and putting them directly over […]
Years ago (I mean, in the 1970s), Father Guido Sarducci was selling “Mr Tea” — a “tea maker” that was little more than a funnel […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tortillas and tortilla chips both get stale, but they get stale in different ways. Chips get stale by absorbing moisture from the air. To make […]
A juice-drinking habit is much more affordable if you buy concentrate. Much of the cost of foods and beverages is transportation. If the folks at […]
“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 […]
For most stove-top cooking, nothing cooks better and more economically than good cast-iron cookware. Anyone trying to save money should have a lot of cast […]
Do you throw away cereal bags, a.k.a dry food inner liners, the bags inside boxes in which foods such as breakfast cereals and crackers are packaged? Those are high-quality […]