Posts Tagged ‘frugality’

Linkworthy: Nickels, Dimes, and Roaches

Posted on May 15th, 2010 by by Jesse Michelsen

Today’s pick goes to Jeff at Deliver Away Debt. He’s got a great story behind his blog and an interesting, nose to the grind solution to his debt problem. Last week he posted about nickel and diming. Now I know some people feel it’s better to enable yourself to make these kinds of purchases, by [...]

This Is What Frugal Looks Like

Posted on January 28th, 2010 by by Jesse Michelsen

Over at Almost Frugal, she runs a very cool series called This Is What Frugal Looks Like where she interviews others to find out what they do that is frugal, traditional or unusual. I had the opportunity to join her list of interviewed. I probably fall into the more unusual category of those she has [...]

Five Financial Lessons Learned from Bambi

Posted on December 8th, 2009 by by Jesse Michelsen

I have two young kids and young kids love Disney movies. One of Disney movies that I admit I can’t remember ever watching all the way through is Bambi. I had the pleasure the other night to watch Bambi all the way through with my daughters and I thought it was a pretty good movie, [...]

Linkworthy: Placebo, Placenta and Sleep Patterns

Posted on October 26th, 2009 by by Jesse Michelsen

Yea, that title does include the word placenta..I’ve witnessed birth and it’s an amazing thing but it’s quite disgusting and the placenta is no exception so why in the world would someone want to create a kids toy out of the placenta. I’m all for recycling and reusing, that’s part of my frugal lifestyle but [...]

What Is Your Dollar Really Worth?

Posted on October 14th, 2009 by by Jesse Michelsen

I have been contemplating the worth of money lately. I know what you’re thinking, “A dollar is worth a dollar, dummy”…but I’m not talking about the numeric value. My wife and I haven’t always been on the same wavelength when it comes to some of the little splurges in life. I sweat the small stuff [...]