Great advice Mark. I think real estate is the way to go as well. Rent will only go up and now is a great time to pick up some rental property if you have the capital.
Thank you very much for the daily deals. It is one of the highlights of my day. I look for shopping deals for Christmas and Birthdays on your daily page.
Good point, I should have included Giving as one of my points as well.
Your comment reminds me of the secret millionaire who was in the news a while back who would secretly give money to people just for the joy of helping out.
Seems almost too frugal to mention, but I'd love it if someone gave me a big "bucket" of the Cascade ActionPacs for my dishwasher, the kind you get at the warehouse clubs. It just kills me to take money out of my grocery/household allowance to buy those and this would be a gift I'd appreciate everyday!
Thanks for the article. I have an account on Points.com. Recently I discovered http://AwardWallet.com they are much more superior in loyalty program tracking. I highly recommend their service.
I would love a new pie pan and a new muffin pan. Really stretching would also include a couple small pie/tart pans. Haven't been able to replace these for the last several years and missing them more as I have been cooking from scratch more these days since we are now down to a one income family.
A cherry pitter. It's something that I would never think of to buy for myself, but would come in dead handy when I'm working on cherry-riffic desserts.
Money CAN buy happiness!!! Give a kid in a thrift store $5 to buy a gift & watch how they'l light up. Slip a simple $10 gift card (to a local grocrey store) to a senior citizen. Try a few tokens for a student sitting at a bus stop. Buy food for a food bank. Get a large handfull of singles (dollar) and pass them out at random to whom ever you meet walking down the street. Just try it! It's so much fun! I've found doing this helps avoid the winter blues by just remembering all the joy you "bought" for just a few $$$ at a time.
Google: "Before you head out to a carnival," Check out the web site: carnivalcongames.com, or read the book: "Carnival Games: The Perfect Crimes" and you will see evidence ot the truth. Your carny buddies are earning a minimum of $10,000,000,000.00 annually in the U.S. The games are just serial crimes committed by serial criminals who pay public officials to perpetrate scams while uniform police patrol the felonious midways.
The gift I would like is if everyone would bring their favorite dish it would save cooking time for me and everyone would really have something they enjoy.
I love the deals section and use it to buy only the things I normally buy but at a discount. Saved a bunch on shoes that I normally would not have the time to "shop around" and find as low of a price.
maybe i was drunk when i wrote this. drinking sucks.
thats what she just said...
Great advice Mark. I think real estate is the way to go as well. Rent will only go up and now is a great time to pick up some rental property if you have the capital.
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Thank you very much for the daily deals. It is one of the highlights of my day. I look for shopping deals for Christmas and Birthdays on your daily page.
Kevin
Hey Amy, thanks for pointing out the online degree scam post!
Hey Wendy, glad you found some ways to earn some extra money. Having a money cushion definitely does a lot to reduce stress in a family.
Good point, I should have included Giving as one of my points as well.
Your comment reminds me of the secret millionaire who was in the news a while back who would secretly give money to people just for the joy of helping out.
Seems almost too frugal to mention, but I'd love it if someone gave me a big "bucket" of the Cascade ActionPacs for my dishwasher, the kind you get at the warehouse clubs. It just kills me to take money out of my grocery/household allowance to buy those and this would be a gift I'd appreciate everyday!
I guess I should add "Saving Lives" to my list! I agree $300 is a small price to pay for companionship.
Thanks for the article. I have an account on Points.com. Recently I discovered http://AwardWallet.com they are much more superior in loyalty program tracking. I highly recommend their service.
I would love a new pie pan and a new muffin pan. Really stretching would also include a couple small pie/tart pans. Haven't been able to replace these for the last several years and missing them more as I have been cooking from scratch more these days since we are now down to a one income family.
I would love a pedometer. Something to let me know when I need to ramp it up to increase my fitness level. Good for the heart and pocketbook!
I also love the ideas of reusable lunch sacks for chips and fruit as well as for sandwiches...
I would appreciate getting a pair of knee socks or thick tights! I wear skirts practically every day so need to stay warm.
I would love a coupon organizer. I've recently started using them and I get overwhelmed with the amount of coupons I have to keep track of.
Oh my goodness, that sounds fabulous. How much lavender did you put in?
A cherry pitter. It's something that I would never think of to buy for myself, but would come in dead handy when I'm working on cherry-riffic desserts.
Money CAN buy happiness!!! Give a kid in a thrift store $5 to buy a gift & watch how they'l light up. Slip a simple $10 gift card (to a local grocrey store) to a senior citizen. Try a few tokens for a student sitting at a bus stop. Buy food for a food bank. Get a large handfull of singles (dollar) and pass them out at random to whom ever you meet walking down the street. Just try it! It's so much fun! I've found doing this helps avoid the winter blues by just remembering all the joy you "bought" for just a few $$$ at a time.
I 'like' Wise Bread on Facebook.
I would love a box of inexpensive chocolate covered creams in various flavors.
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Google: "Before you head out to a carnival," Check out the web site: carnivalcongames.com, or read the book: "Carnival Games: The Perfect Crimes" and you will see evidence ot the truth. Your carny buddies are earning a minimum of $10,000,000,000.00 annually in the U.S. The games are just serial crimes committed by serial criminals who pay public officials to perpetrate scams while uniform police patrol the felonious midways.
An amazon gift card of any value is fine with me.
The gift I would like is if everyone would bring their favorite dish it would save cooking time for me and everyone would really have something they enjoy.
I would like a good quality, durable book light. I saw one at Wal-Mart and almost bought it, but I decided to ask Santa for it instead!
I love the deals section and use it to buy only the things I normally buy but at a discount. Saved a bunch on shoes that I normally would not have the time to "shop around" and find as low of a price.