March 2008

Needs and Wants

March 6, 2008

One of the things I learned from this no-buy month is that I have enough. If I had gotten the opportunity to do TV appearances without no-buy month in my life, I most certainly would have spent about $200 buying new shirts for the "right look." But because of the no-buy month, I just closet [...]

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Cough, Sniffle and Health care

March 5, 2008

I didn’t get to post yesterday because I’m under the weather. I got this cough, sniffle thing going around down here in South Florida. I’m feeling a little bit better, today. I don’t want to go to the doctor. I have new health care this year and a $250 deductible. It’s not as bad as [...]

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Re-Entry program for Spenders

March 3, 2008

So I’m officially off the no-buy month, and I’ve entered free-spending society. When prisoners get let out of incarceration, they have a probation period. There are government re-entry programs to help them make the adjustment. Now, I plan on maintaining my new-found frugal lifestyle, but I sure wish there were a 12-step program or something. [...]

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Closet Shopping/New Frugalista Law

March 1, 2008

I think I have a new one to add to Frugualista Law: closet shopping. Last night, I helped a friend pack up her apartment. She’s moving to a cheaper but more fabulous apartment in downtown. We all know how the housing market has tanked. She got a good deal in the Quantum on the Bay [...]

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