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Posted in Books on Aug 25th, 2008
I love to read. So naturally, I have tons of books and am constantly buying new ones. I’ve been good about staying frugal in my book buying recently — the last book I bought was a while ago and I paid $0.50 for it at a sidewalk sale. And I’ve also been using the library [...]
Every frugal person I know has a certain pride about it: you don’t need to spend money the way other people do. For whatever reason, it’s something to feel proud of—like we’ve managed to sidestep some of the financial pitfalls that are out there. We’re better than that.
But a few things have happened recently that [...]
Posted in Budgeting, Credit cards, Happiness on Nov 26th, 2007
I was up at 3:30am.
I threw elbows to get through the crowds.
I stood in a line that snaked through an entire Target for 45 minutes to check out.
I saw a woman pay with a credit card that she hadn’t even activated yet and asked the cashier to “put $100 on this one and $100 on [...]
The Snowball by Alice Schroeder
The Darjeeling Limited
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