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Tag Archives: cheap
The Difference Between Budget Living and Being Cheap
When many people think about becoming budget-conscious, they cringe because they associate living on a budget with being cheap. They don’t want to be known as, “That cheap SOB.”What they don’t understand is that the two terms are very different. … Continue reading
Posted in Budgeting, Frugal, Personal Finance, Saving Money
Tagged budget, budget conscious, cheap, cheating, Frugal, save money, stingy
6 Comments
How To Avoid Looking Cheap
I need to buy new sneakers today. I know this because when I took my dog for a walk this morning, the plastic heel guard in my right sneaker tore through the fabric cover and scratched my heel. More specifically, … Continue reading
Posted in Frugal, Personal Finance, Relationships, Saving Money
Tagged cheap, cheap vs frugal, cost conscience, fashionable, Frugal, frugality, spending
10 Comments
101 Inexpensive Dates That Aren’t Cheap
Planning an effective date is both an art and a science. It is a science because successful planning requires both an understanding of your partner and an understanding of where you are in your relationship. It is an art because … Continue reading
Posted in Frugal, Holidays, Personal Finance, Relationships, Saving Money
Tagged 101 dates, cheap, date, dating, dating ideas, Frugal, inexpensive, Relationships, romantic
24 Comments
What We Can Learn from the Kool-Aid Culture
Kool-Aid. A fruity sweet, thirst quenching, ambrosia for 6 year olds. We all remember it. It’s famous and served all over the world. Kool-Aid was invented in Hastings, Nebraska, as a liquid concentrate called Fruit Smack. In 1927, to save … Continue reading
Posted in Budgeting, Food / Groceries, Frugal, Personal Finance, Saving Money
Tagged cheap, culture, Frugal, kool-aid, Personal Finance, save money, Saving Money
5 Comments
Vacation Homes – Cheaper than You Think
There was a time when I thought a weeklong vacation to Hilton Head would be outrageously expensive — either that or I’d have to stay at a less-than-desirable hotel 15 miles from the beach to make it affordable. In my … Continue reading
Posted in Budgeting, Entertainment, Food / Groceries, Holidays, Personal Finance, Saving Money, Travel
Tagged cheap, food, Hilton Head, lodging, renting, summer vacation, Travel, vacation, vacation homes, vacation villa
6 Comments
Paying Less Isn’t Always Smart
Technology has made it much simpler to compare rates and find the cheapest prices for services and products. Why pull out the phone book to call several insurance agents to find the best price when you can visit one website … Continue reading
Posted in Insurance, Personal Finance, Relationships, Saving Money
Tagged bank, cheap, convenience, discount, Insurance, pay less, personal service, Relationships, save money, Saving Money
2 Comments
Don’t be Mr. Cheap
Dear Mr. Cheap, You know exactly who you are so I don’t feel a need to name you. While I know that you think that you are being sly and saving yourself a lot of money, let me say that … Continue reading
Posted in Frugal, Personal Finance, Retirement, Saving Money, Work
Tagged cheap, Frugal, office politics, Personal Finance, save money
22 Comments
The Benefits of Saving Habits that Make You Look Poor
Several years ago, my husband paid for a pizza entirely in change. It wasn’t that he didn’t have any money left at the end of the week; on the contrary, he had just deposited his paycheck in the bank that … Continue reading
Posted in Frugal, Personal Finance, Saving Money
Tagged cheap, Frugal, personal finance. appearances, poor, save money, Saving Money
70 Comments