November 2007

A Festival And A Carnival To End November

by Glen Craig

This week I was included included in the Festival of Frugality #102 – Mix Tape Edition hosted by Cheap Healthy Good. Every article was associated with with a mix-tape song to create a great big frugal-themed tape. My post My Old New Laptop got the song It’s All About The Pentiums by Weird Al Yankovic. [...]

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We Will Retire…Millionaires!!

by Glen Craig

I found an article on The Motley Fool which does some interesting math. They look at three examples of how saving $20 a day could make you a millionaire. Let’s look at them: First – Saving $20 a day and letting it pile up under your mattress (it will be a pretty lumpy mattress after [...]

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We Will Retire!

by Glen Craig

Well, not anytime soon but one day my wife and I will both be retired. And with the year-end approaching it’s time to think about what we can do to help ensure that we’ll retire. So far we’ve been contributing to our 401k and 403b plans respectively and we both have pension plans where we [...]

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Know What Commercial I Hate?

by Glen Craig

So you see the husband outside. He manages to get his wife to come out too. When she does she’s surprised to see a brand-new Lexus gift-wrapped and waiting for her in the driveway. What a dreamy feel-good moment! I’m sorry but this commercial annoys me! Am I to believe that it’s normal for a [...]

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The Carnival Of Festive Debt Reduction Frugality

by Glen Craig

This week I was included in 114th Carnival Of Debt Reduction. They included my article One Major Flaw In Lowering My Credit Card Rate. Special shout-out goes to AskMrCreditCard for listing my article on his site as one of his favorite. Thanks!! One Major Flaw In Lowering My Credit Card Rate was also in the [...]

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Don’t Take The Plunge!!

by Glen Craig

Don’t take the plunge! Don’t dive into debt! The holiday spending season is here starting with the famed Black Friday!! This is the time of the year where many people get themselves into debt. Whether you’re planning on buying things for yourself or others don’t get sucked into debt through consumerism this year. I know [...]

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Google Notebook Helps Keep Me Organized

by Glen Craig

After reading about using Google Notebook on a number of sites such as Blogging Bits, I took the leap and set up my own Google Notebook. I’ve gotta say it’s been real useful! Having the notebook right here at the bottom of the site has been great for jotting down ideas (I installed the Google [...]

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Carnival of Everything Finance: # 7 Edition ~ Everything Finance

by Glen Craig

Everything Finance has hosted the 7th edition of the Carnival of Everything Finance. My articles Loose Change Gets Us Free Meals On Vacation and What Is The Opportunity Cost? were included. There were over 80 articles this week so make sure to go and check them all out! Make sure you subscribe to my feed [...]

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My New Old Laptop

by Glen Craig

So I’ve recently inherited an old laptop. It’s actually very similar to the one I already have which is over five years old (both computers together only have ten more gigs than my I-Pod). There were two main reasons for the second laptop: 1) I wanted to use the battery as a backup for my [...]

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Lions And Tigers And Bears And Carnivals And Festivals – Oh My!!

by Glen Craig

If you hadn’t noticed yet, it’s that time of the year when the Wizard Of Oz is shown on TV. Over and over and over…. I saw the movie listed on both TBS and TNT starting at the same time a few days ago. That’s saturation! Anyway, it’s always fun to watch and my daughter [...]

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