Archive for the ‘frugal’ Category
No, you do *not* “need” a TV
Posted by: Kathy on: April 8, 2009
Someone on one of my cheapcycle or freecycle lists just posted a request for a TV or DVD player, stating that she “needed” them. Nope. Sorry. That does not qualify as a need. It’s a want, not a need. Learn the difference, people! Maybe if more people had properly separated wants from needs we would [...]
It depends on your point of view
Posted by: Kathy on: March 15, 2009
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On my other blog, I previously mentioned the Jim Bob & Michelle Duggar from Arkansas who currently have 18 children (the oldest is married; and the youngest just a couple of months old; they will continue to have children as long as possible). Anyway, I got a comment from someone who said she believes the [...]
Even if it’s a good deal, should you buy it?
Posted by: Kathy on: January 19, 2009
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One of the blogs I keep up with lists a bunch of “deals” — freebies, coupons for free or nearly free items, Walgreens specials, and also her own personal Walgreens trips, where she proudly announces that she bought $115 worth of stuff and spent $6.
Sounds good, so why not?
First, when I check the things I [...]
I totally racked up!!!
Posted by: Kathy on: November 2, 2008
Yesterday, I went out yard-saling, and found so much stuff!!!
I live in Mississippi, so, yes, it’s still warm enough to have a yard sale on the first day of November. It would not be unheard-of to have yard sales year-round, although we live in North Mississippi, so it does get cold and even snows a [...]
Some days it’s just not worth chewing through the leather restraints
Posted by: Kathy on: October 25, 2008
(I don’t know why, but this phrase just appeals to me on some level.)
Today was one of those days, in one respect. I like to go to yard sales, and get stuff that way rather than buying stuff new from the store. My mom gets the local paper (it’s published twice a week — oh, [...]
Whatever happened to Amy Dacyczyn and The Tightwad Gazette?
Posted by: Kathy on: October 3, 2008
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Somebody came across my blog asking that, and although I don’t know the full answer (only the Frugal Zealot herself knows that), I do know what she said in her final book — The Complete Tightwad Gazette, which included all three of the other books, as well as the final editions of the newsletter and her [...]
“Love food hate waste”
Posted by: Kathy on: June 22, 2008
Somebody sent me this link, which seems pretty cool. It’s from the UK, so I’m going to have to translate centimeters and grams, but that’s okay. It’s a website devoted to using up food and leftovers, so that it’s not wasted. Always a great idea! Sure, we have plenty of food, but it doesn’t make [...]
What a great idea!
Posted by: Kathy on: June 12, 2008
Michigan, and especially Detroit, have been hit hard financially. Many homes have been foreclosed on, many derelict houses and apartments have been closed and the lots cleared. What to do with the empty space? Grow a garden, of course!
In The Tightwad Gazette books which were written about a dozen years ago, at least one person [...]
Drifting towards “green”
Posted by: Kathy on: June 10, 2008
I’m not that much into environmentalism. In fact, I think a lot of the people who are environmentalists are kinda wacko (but then, these are the people who get on the news because of their outrageous stunts, so I know these are not representative of all environmentalists. At least I hope so). However, I do [...]
I Love WD-40
Posted by: Kathy on: May 28, 2008
Yesterday, my son took a crayon to my newly painted walls. Yikes! And this wasn’t just a simple paint job — it was a faux finish, so I would have had to paint over the entire affected area with the base coat, and then do the faux finish — trying to make sure it blended [...]
Fight FOCA
