Happy Birthday, President Lincoln. To celebrate, stores have decided to stop accepting the penny.
That’s right, in West Concord, Massachusetts, a number of stores are refusing to accept pennies as of today, calling pennies “wasteful and time consuming.” Instead, they will round all purchases down to the nearest nickel.
I suppose no one can really complain – after [...]
I think the editors of Lifehacker were looking directly in my direction when they referenced this WikiHow on how to stop accumulating books. I have discussed here before about how I seem to continually accumulate books and I have officially reached the point where I’m not sure where to put them anymore. Of course, if [...]
I’ve written about J. Money’s Sell-O-Meter, where he tracks how much money he’s “made” by selling off old items he’s no longer using, and how I’ve been inspired to also keep track of the money I’m bringing in by selling off things that have been sitting on a shelf or hidden in a closet (a [...]
Thanks to BlogHer, I just discovered Owlhaven, an amazing blog by a woman with 10 kids! 10! And I think I have trouble balancing my budget with just one mouth to feed (well, 3 if you count the cats, who do very much like being fed).
This month, she’s doing an experiment called 30 [...]
I’ve been kind of out of the blogging world for the past week. I had a big presentation to give for work (which went well, thank you very much) and I was working on cleaning my apartment. Why? Because I’ve decided to get a roommate! Sort of, anyway.
I have a friend who has moved to [...]