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My husband is a semi-professional photographer. Shortly before Christmas he asked for a gift certificate to create a photo book. I thought someone else in the family would purchase one for him, so I didn’t buy it. I’ve been keeping my eye out for a good deal ever since. I knew I’d find a bargain … Read more
After spending time journaling a month’s worth of credit card transactions it seems that I lost all of the details somewhere in the bowels of my computer. Oh, the frustration of being a do-gooder. While most folks simply look over their credit card statements my husband and I make a point to document all of … Read more
Last week a co-worker of mine announced his resignation. After nearly seven years of working in the IT industry he was bored, burned out and looking for change. I wasn’t surprised by his announcement. He told me about his plans to leave the company over lunch one afternoon a few months ago. Our company made … Read more
This morning $uburban Dollar wrote an interesting post about the complexities involved in purchasing deals from collective buying websites. The author’s rules for buying include investigating the deal, understanding any associated restrictions, reading reviews and ultimately making sure you can afford it. After all a deal might is not a deal if you can’t afford … Read more
My RSS reader was filled to the brim with a week’s worth of feeds from some of my favorite bloggers. While I haven’t had time to read through all of them I did find a few posts that caught my attention, so without further ado here is a sampling of my favorites: Casting Stones: When … Read more
I’m happy to report that my vacation was the best I’ve experienced in years. Somehow or another everyone got along, the weather was perfect and we spent very little money. Thank you for all of your supportive comments on the previous post, but a little magic dust must have been sprinkled my way, because it … Read more
Over the last few weeks I purged the house of a few shelves worth of books. I donated some, sold some, transported a couple and even traded a few. I carefully reviewed the remaining paperbacks and decided I’d get rid of a bunch more after I reread them. While I was looking through the shelves … Read more
This weekend I searched for a new dining set for my front porch. I ran the numbers, compared prices and consulted my budgeting software. I had a specific price in mind before I reached the store and walked in confident that I wouldn’t break the bank. If I bought a table and chairs similar to … Read more
I’ve written several times about gift-giving etiquette, and I’m always intrigued by what other people think of specific gift-giving scenarios. So here’s one for you. Can you regift a gift card, and if you can, should you? Regifting Gift Cards I recently received a used gift card. The front and back are worn and faded, and … Read more
In an effort to stay away from the brain drain of my computer I’ve been reading books and playing outside the last few weeks. In fact, I find myself deleting much of the posts in my RSS reader without even reading them. If I like an article I usually open it in a different tab … Read more