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Note: Sadly, as far as I can tell it’s impossible to get this to work at this time. Apparently the app is no longer being […]
Doug's Methods of Saving Money
Reducing the cost of buying things.
Note: Sadly, as far as I can tell it’s impossible to get this to work at this time. Apparently the app is no longer being […]
My favorite warehouse store’s website business recently had a sale on bathroom products. A $45 discount on a purchase of at least $150, with free […]
“Me travel? Not this summer”, says a cool, contented gentleman in this poster painted by Albert Dorne. Is this the original “staycation”? You can save […]
A few days ago I went with my wife to visit her mother. The two of them got into a lengthy discussion and I decided […]
Some years ago, when it was clear that my oldest daughter would be going to college, I became aware the university had a payment plan […]
In 2017, I bought my first smartphone (after previously making do with a dumbphone). Recently, after I’d used it for over a year, I noticed […]
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 […]
One of the milestones of financial literacy, hopefully an early one, is the realization that you need to earn something like $100 in order to […]
Many people swear by the “snowball” method of paying off debt. It works — I won’t dispute it. But there’s a slight modification that can […]
You’ve probably heard the old saying, A penny saved is a penny earned. As we use that saying today, it means that saving a penny, […]
Everyone knows you should always count your change whenever you handle a cash transaction, right? I know that. But I forgot once. Here’s my story. […]
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 […]
If you’ve connected your refrigerator’s ice maker to one of your house’s water pipes, you probably know what a saddle valve is. A valve that […]
I visited the local Goodwill to buy a short-sleeved shirt, something summery and tropical looking. I found the perfect shirt, and it cost just $5. […]
Over the weekend my wife and I rented a wheelchair-accessible van so we could take her mother on a day trip to the big city. […]
Some months ago, the driver’s side window of our minivan stopped working and wouldn’t go down. Next, as it got warmer, we noticed that the […]
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 […]
As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, your thoughts become you deeds. Thus, if you control your thoughts, you end up controlling your deeds. That’s called self-control and […]
The newel post (the large vertical post at the bottom of the handrail on the stairs) at my house had gotten loose in recent years […]
“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 […]
In an earlier post I wrote that I didn’t have a smartphone and was getting along fine using my dumbphone that did nothing but make […]
It’s well known that LED lights are much more efficient than incandescent or fluorescent lights. They use less electricity and last much longer, making them well […]