Monthly Archive "October2009"
Credit card has 79 percent interest rate
A man got a credit card offer with a 79 percent interest rate. Seriously. No lie. Yes, I'm incredulous about it. I mean, have the credit card reforms hurt the industry so bad that it must charge 79 percent interest rates? There's a movement to get the next round of reforms moved to December instead [...]
Free medicine for the unemployed from Pfizer
My tweep peep Lesley Mitchell, who blogs as One Cheap Chick at the St. Lake City Tribune, wrote about Pfizer offering free medicine to the unemployed. You have until Dec. 31 to apply. Have a great weekend! Fruga!
Roth IRA advice: Time Sensitive
If you have lost a lot of money in your Roth IRA, after converting to one, today is the deadline to have it changed. This is a guest post from Rande Spiegelman, CPA, CFP®, Vice President of Financial Planning, Schwab Center for Financial Research. Wouldn't it be nice if just once in a while we were allowed a [...]
Eating for two on $30 a week
Oh my! My twitter peeps, aka, my tweeples, have been buzzing about this blog, Thirty Bucks a Week. A Brooklyn couple is spending $30 total per week on food. Let's just say that the lovebirds even create NEW soups out of the soups they've already made. They are a member of a food cooperative which [...]
Frugalista lost her swag!
Greetings, Frugalistas! So I got back last night from a MARHHHVELOUS weekend at the first Blogalicious conference, a networking event for women bloggers of different ethnicities. I laughed. I cried. I networked at the W hotel in midtown Atlanta. I had so much fun. The thing about blogging conferences (or any conference for that matter) [...]
Review of Cheap Products
There's a new site on the world wide web, cheapism. It's a product review of cheap products. Here at The Frugalista Files, the word cheap is not in our vocabulary, but I wanted to shout out a growing blog. :) I say the blog is worth a click and a gander. The site does the heavy [...]
Are pre-paid debit cards fee happy?
The New York Times had a video about pre-paid debit cards and the amount of fees that the companies charge. Pre-paid debit cards are all the rage. I've even done a giveaway on my blog about the cards. I warned about the fees, but consumer advocates are really concerned about them because they are rising [...]
Do you donate your clothes to friends, thrift stores or the needy?
Donating my clothes and clothing swaps are something that I've done for my entire life. Growing up, my mother and I used to ship my adorable Esprit sweaters and other goods down to Texas for my cousins to wear. Likewise, my cousin's mom would ship up the clothes her daughters no longer could wear to [...]
Silk flowers
If you are looking for a more affordable way to spruce up your home, silk flowers are an option. Here is a guest post from Michelle Errair at Floral & Hearty Designs in Coral Springs, Fla. Silk Flowers may save money: In today’s economy, businesses and households are looking to reduce expenses for many items, [...]
