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How the Stores Suck You In

My local grocery store has been undergoing renovations for the past few months. I’ve been fairly impressed with the method they’re using – work is being done overnight so as to disrupt shopping as little as possible. With the tiny exception of moving shelves so no one knows where anything is, it’s been [...]

August 29th, 2008 | Category: food | One comment

Staying Organized

One thing that I’ve learned about personal finance management is that for me, a major key has been to keep things as organized and as simple as possible. I know what you’re thinking – my current account setup is not exactly simple. And while that may be true, the way I manage it [...]

August 28th, 2008 | Category: organization, simplifying | One comment

One Man’s Trash…

Inspired by J. Money at Budgets are Sexy, I have started keeping track of items that I’m selling on half.com and eBay. I’m not tracking the value of the item itself, as I firmly believe that if it’s something that I don’t need and no longer want, the value of the item is $0, [...]

August 27th, 2008 | Category: simplifying | One comment

Less Focus on Finances

Over the past few weeks, I find that I’m focusing less on my finances. This is both good and bad.

When I’m looking at my finances on a daily basis, or even every other day, I know exactly what I have in my budget categories. I know where I can splurge a bit and [...]

August 26th, 2008 | Category: budget, investing, retirement | Leave a comment

Grocery Tactics

I normally do my grocery shopping early in the morning on Saturdays.  I peruse the sale flyer on Thursday when it comes out, match it up with what I need, make my list, and off I go.

This weekend was different.  Why?  I didn’t go grocery shopping.  At all.

Well, I did go to the Farmer’s Market [...]

August 25th, 2008 | Category: food | 5 comments
 
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