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After reflecting on Friday’s post I decided to take a more disciplined approach to grocery shopping this week. I surveyed the food in our pantry, refrigerator and freezer. Then I picked out a couple of recipes I’d like to make and figured out which ingredients were missing. Lastly, I searched through the store circulars to … Read more
I almost forgot to link back to the 189th Carnival of Personal Finance. Last week Emily Starbuck Gerson hosted the carnival with a super bowl theme over at Taking Charge. My article, Valuable Lessons From Recent Layoffs, was included.
Do you know how much money you will spend at the grocery store when you pull your cart up to the register? I never seem to have any idea. I usually try to estimate the cost as I place my groceries on the conveyor belt, but I am usually off by at least $30. I … Read more
On a daily basis my husband works a multitude of jobs. He typically commutes between offices and locations multiple times throughout the day. As luck would have it one of his new jobs is located just a few miles from home. When it’s convenient my husband works at the job closest to home in the … Read more
I’ve decided to list a couple of items on eBay again this week. I’ve sold a dozen or so items over the last few years. I never seem to make as much money as other sellers, but I’m happy to get rid of last year’s treasures. It just means I have less to reorganize and … Read more
Here are my thoughts on the most recent company layoffs. The details are not indicative of every company’s termination decisions, it is simply my assessment of the cuts that occurred at my place of employment. First, although my team lost a fair number of people, I honestly think another handful or two of people could … Read more
According to an article in today’s edition of the Washington Post a number of home design magazines are unexpectedly ceasing publication. At the end of 2007 Time Inc’s In Style Home, Martha Stewart’s Blueprint, Filipacchi Media’s Home, and the 106-year-old magazine House & Garden all called it quits. Since November of 2008 Time Inc’s Cottage … Read more
I’ve been struggling to figure out how to store and categorize my coupons for months. It seems like no matter how I organize them I inevitably end up standing in the middle of the grocery store isle with a wad of unwanted coupons in hand. I waste so much time leafing through piles of coupons … Read more
You spend an hour on a Saturday night moving all of your coupons out of an old coupon cozy and into two new ones.
This evening I drove into DC to meet my very first college roommate, who I met in the fall of my freshman year. In the real world we would never have been friends. She was a sorority socialite and I was… well… not, but the trials and tribulations of our first year of college brought … Read more