Yesterday, I got an ad in my e-mail with the subject line “Versatile = Frugal.”  It caught my eye only because the word “frugal” was in the title, so I guess their advertising works.  Being frugal is the new, cool thing after all.

They were advertising a “caftan” that could be worn as a dress, with [...]

This post over at Consumerist made me laugh.  Turn your old credit cards into jewelry!

I suppose it could be a good way for some to remember to stop spending.  Put that American Express card on your wrist and every time you go to pull out your wallet, be reminded of your financial situation and how [...]

Who likes getting something for nothing?  

I’ve seen SwagBucks mentioned around the blogosphere a few times, but I had never checked it out til this week, and I must say, I’m hooked. What is SwagBucks?  It’s a search engine, powered by Google and Ask.com, but you can win SwagBucks for searching.  Great, you think.  What [...]

A co-worker was just talking about how over the weekend, her neighborhood lost power for an entire day.  Something about a line being cut.  Living in the D.C. area, there are plenty of places to go for free when you need to get out of the house for entertainment, but she had a child under [...]