Archive for the ‘frugality’ Category

More Ways to Save During the Holidays

Posted on December 15th, 2009 by by Jesse Michelsen

Last week I wrote about re-gifting as a cost saving measure as well as a way to help our environment by reducing waste. Today I will discuss some other ways to help keep costs down over the holiday season.
One of my pet peeves is buying things over and over. I am a new home owner [...]

How to Re-Gift With Grace

Posted on December 10th, 2009 by by Jesse Michelsen

I’m sure re-gifting has been around before the phrase was popularized by Seinfeld but Seinfeld put a bit of a negative spin on the concept. I would like to address the topic on a more objective level.
The concept is basically giving a gift that was given to you, but for me that extends to another [...]

Price or Quality: How Do You Decide?

Posted on November 4th, 2009 by by Jesse Michelsen

I have been living the frugal lifestyle, in some ways, my entire life. Only as of 2009 did I realize this was a lifestyle
Recently, I have been thinking about value vs cost and in some areas of my life I have always taken the cheap road such as with clothing, some services I [...]