June 2008

Moments of Fame

June 23, 2008

W00t! Mrs. Micah selected Funny’s scheme to convert biweekly pay to fit bimonthly life as an editor’s choice in the 158th Carnival of Personal Finance. This cleverly themed “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” edition is not to be missed, with its hilariously apt quotations and its excellent contributions. At Value for Your Life, Amanda has posted [...]

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Throwing money in the trash

June 22, 2008

Nope. That is not a metaphor. Yesterday I was at a certain dear person’s home, where I spotted a shiny new penny on the floor. When I picked it up and handed it to him, he carried it over to the kitchen trash can and threw it out. Eeek! I’ve heard that some people think [...]

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The Personal Finance Confession Project: Do as I say…

June 21, 2008

Yesterday Be This Way issued a challenge to confess our financial sins, and I have a big one. It involves huge stupidity, vast hypocrisy, and unfathomable mystery. It goes like this: All the time I was married-25 years, give or take a few months-I earnestly advised women friends whose marriages were stressed that they must [...]

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If next payday doesn’t come…

June 20, 2008

Oh, but of COURSE our esteemed elected representatives will pass the state budget before the whole joint has to be shut down, right? Right. Well, come July 3rd, we shall see. While we wait, let’s consider an important question: Are you prepared if your employer can’t pay your next check? Are you prepared for a [...]

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Dog Food: The costs and benefits of making your own

June 18, 2008

Cassie, the Little Dog, turns up her dainty nose at Science Diet’s best lamb and rice kibble. Won’t touch packaged doggy treats. Doesn’t think much of ultrapremium canned food, either, though she’ll gag down a few bites. After three days of hunger strike, she’d already lost about two pounds—a lot when you weigh 23 pounds. [...]

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Humane Society Offers Deals! Frugalist pleased

June 17, 2008

Never in my entire life, which as you know began during the Cretaceous Period, have I ever walked into a veterinarian’s office and managed to escape without some sort of charge. Until today. Even the Wonderful New Vet zinged me $7.50 after the “free” introductory visit for Cassie the Pembroke Welsh Corgi: charge for setting [...]

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