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Black Friday Shopping?

So, who has already been shopping today?

Not me!

While I love a good bargain, I do not so much love bargain hunting.  And that includes standing in long lines, dealing with crowds, and waking up in the wee hours of the morning for shopping.  So today, I will be sleeping in.  I admit, later in the [...]

Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American readers.  I hope everyone has a great day filled with friends and family and great food.  I’m going to an “orphans” Thanksgiving of sorts – a gathering of a group of us who opted to not leave town to be with our families for one reason or another.  For [...]

Too frugal?

Yesterday, at the gym, I overheard an interesting conversation in the locker room.  One of the women commented that since she joined the gym, she had stopped showering at home.  I was impressed that she went to the gym every single day and didn’t think much of it beyond that.

But then she continued.  She was [...]

National Day of Listening

From Lifehacker:

Here’s a great idea for Thanksgiving that won’t cost you a penny but will be worth more than you can imagine.  StoryCorps has designated this Friday as the First Annual National Day of Listening.  On November 28, take one hour to talk with someone important to you, be it an older relative or a friend [...]

Reworking the budget

Now that the end of the year is in sight, I’ve been taking a high level look at my budget to see where my money has gone this year and how I want to change the budget for next year, if at all.

I don’t think you can ever have a perfect budgeting system, so there [...]