Archive for August, 2007

August 31st Friday Unwind

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Friday Unwinds are back! This edition is themed around unscripted TV funnies. Relax and enjoy the weekend! TechTV "One of a Kind" Accident This is a great clip from TechTV. One of my all-time favorites too. Streaker Reporter Falls It's not the fall, it's the sounds she makes afterwards... Fox reporter gets hit on These concert goers ...

Money Lessons: My emergency fund evolution.

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Roughly 45 weeks ago I decided I would contribute $30 a week to an "emergency" fund. At a measly $30/week it's grown to $1350+ today. I barely noticed the $30 automatically deducted from my checking account every week too. The trick is not occupy yourself with checking how much is ...

Cheap thrills at DealExtreme

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

I recently stumbled across the website DealExtreme. It's a company that sells Chinese merchandise out of Hong Kong. The really killer part is they offer free shipping on practically everything they sell. How do they sell you a screwdriver for $0.95 shipped from Hong Kong and still make a profit? I ...

How I don’t live frugally…

Monday, August 27th, 2007

This is a follow-up to my other post of how I live frugally. These are some ways which I don't live frugally. Lunch. I'm always extremely lazy to bring my own lunch to work so I'm always buying lunch, which gets expensive over time. Add to the fact that I don't ...

How I live frugally…

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

I've decided to detail my frugal ways after reading similar posts by Cap, Mapgirl and Jonathan. Clothing. I can look sharp without the designer jeans. I wear what's sensible and I generally only buy clothes when I really need them. I don't have to "have it first". This applies to the latest ...

The Woot Trend

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

Woot is a ecommerce site that has 1 deal a day. They've also branched out Woot! Wine and I didn't realize there were some many similar sites that sprung up recently. Here's a few of the deal sites I found in alphabetical order: 1 Sale a Day Fruper MidnightBox Schnoop ThingFling Yugster With all these one deal ...

No I’m not dead…

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

Just working... a lot. My hours were cut as I guess management doesn't like the 20 hours overtime I was getting paid so there will more posts coming. I don't get paid much ($10.25/hour), but I like what I do and where I work. When parents give me handshakes and the kids ...