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Frugality In Practice: Summer Fun @ The Movies
2008-06-09 22:23:00 Our local Cinemark movie theatre has a really cool (literally) program called the Summer Movie Clubhouse where you can take the kids weekly to see a movie for only $1 per ticket or you can pre-buy all 10 summer movies for only $5. My wife and I are going to take our kids to a few ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Frugality In Practice : Summer Fun @ The Movies ", url: "http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2 008/06/09/frugality-in-practice-summer-fu n-the-movies/" }); More About: The Movies
Good Stuff From The Blog World
2008-06-05 18:54:00 It has been awhile since I took the time to pass along some great blogs that I have found while surfing around. I find it amazing how much knowledge sharing is going on. Some pretty creative writing skills as well! Here we go…… Marin at Frugonomics 101 is blogging about frugal living and trying to figure our ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Good Stuff From The Blog World ", url: "http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2 008/06/05/good-stuff-from-the-blog-world/ " }); More About: Reviews
Picture of the Day: Walmart Bakery Rocks!
2008-06-03 18:07:00 Hilarious picture. Apparently you don’t have to have a high school education to work in the Walmart bakery! If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed! SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Picture of the Day: Walmart Bakery Rocks !", url: "http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2 008/06/03/picture-of-the-day-walmart-bake ry-rocks/" }); More About: Picture of the day
Frugality In Practice: Don?t Call The Plumber
2008-05-29 18:53:00 Last week my 3 year old daughter decided to see how much toilet paper could fit down the commode. We were made aware of the problem when I saw water coming out from under the bathroom door. I felt like I was in a bad episode of the Brady Bunch. Do you remember the washing machine episode? I plunged ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Frugality In Practice : Don’t Call The Plumber", url: "http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2 008/05/29/frugality-in-practice-dont-call -the-plumber/" });
Guest Post: Power of Snowflaking
2008-05-27 18:17:00 Proud to offer another excellent guest post on frugal living! The following is a post by Ryan from Uncommon Cents. ? (RSS) Enjoy! Thanks Ryan! —————— ;—————̵ 2;——– The Underrated Power of Small Amounts and Snowflaking A recent comment on my blog in response to my post on maximizing the reward on a Discover Open Road Card stated: “Seems like a lot ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Guest Post : Power of Snowflaking", url: "http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2 008/05/27/guest-post-power-of-snowflaking /" });
New Theme and Other Stuff?.
2008-05-26 21:47:00 I am spending some time working on a new and improved theme, so please excuse the sawdust as I get some things straightened out. My blog actually got hacked and I am in the process of upgrading some security measures and a new theme was part of the solution. I will tell you what….sometimes I ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "New Theme and Other Stuff ….", url: "http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2 008/05/26/new-theme-and-other-stuff/" });
Top Ten Wednesday - Watch Out For The Repo Man
2008-05-21 22:13:00 Top Ten Reasons You Might Need to Watch Out For The Repo Man! According to this article in the NY Times, Economic Tide Is Rising for Repo Man, the weakening economy is keeping the repo man real busy. So let me get this straight, if I buy a bunch of stuff I can’t really afford to pay for, ... More About: Wednesday
Barack Obama Endorses Frugal Living
2008-05-19 23:52:00 Not much time to blog today, but I wanted to get your thoughts on what Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama said the other day in Oregon. In case you missed it, the quote went like this, We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all ... More About: Living , Frugal
Personal Finance Tip from Brooks and Dunn!
2008-05-15 23:23:00 I’m a big country music fan and I was watching CMT the other day and they had Brooks and Dunn on and they were being interviewed. Kix Brooks was talking about their road to fame and fortune when he said something that made me freeze in my proverbial cowboy boots. Kix said, My Daddy would always say, “If ... More About: Personal , Personal Finance , Finance
Festival of Frugality is Up At Four Pillars!
2008-05-13 17:53:00 Mike over at Four Pillars is hosting the Festival of Frugality #125 at his great blog this week! Mike has a very creative theme and some hilarious pictures! Head on over and check it out. I was lucky enough to have my post When Are You A Brand Name Shopper? included as an Editor’s Pick! Here are ... More About: Carnivals
Ask The Reader: What Have You Done To Beat Gas Prices?
2008-05-12 23:19:00 On the heels of my post the other day, Top 10 Ways To Beat High Gas Prices , I saw a survey in The USA Today talking about steps people are taking to beat the high gas prices. Here is what folks are doing according to the survey: Considered A Different Car - 71% of folks surveyed have seriously ... More About: Personal Finance , Reader
Last Minute Mother?s Day Gifts That Are 100% Off
2008-05-08 23:22:00 If you are a procrastinator like me, you may not have an actual gift for Mom yet. Don’t worry I won’t say anything, and it’s not too late to do something kinda special. It’s with this in mind that I came up with a few completely free gifts for Mom. I saw an add the other day ... More About: Gifts , Mother , Minute
Top 10 Ways To Beat High Gas Prices
2008-05-06 22:51:00 Ever feel like you need to just be a dork every once in a while? I am feeling that way right now, and since I have been really busy lately with work and life, I needed to take a break and post something really, well, stupid. So here is my attempt. I paid $3.89 per gallon ... More About: Gas Prices , High , Beat , Prices
TGIF - Some Good Weekend Reading
2008-05-02 18:56:00 I have not shared some my favorite weekly reading in awhile, so I thought I would share the love on this beautiful Friday morning. Looking forward to a great weekend where the weather is suppose to be in the 80’s here in northern California. Here are some posts that I stumbled upon that I wanted ... More About: Reviews , Reading , Weekend , Good
When Are You A Brand Name Shopper?
2008-04-29 22:44:00 Anyone remember the huge OP (Ocean Pacific) brand craze of the mid-1980’s? When I was kid, OP was the brand to have. Especially the curduroy shorts that were so short you had to be careful not to expose yourself when sitting down Indian style. I remember they were on the expensive side and my parents refused to buy ... More About: Brand , Shopper
My Life In Six Words?
2008-04-24 19:23:00 I got pelted by both Sisterly Savings and Antishay Ventenne on this cool ‘Your Life in 6 Words ’ meme. This is a tricky one, it took me a while to think of mine. With that said, here goes nothing: “Keep Your Head Down and Focus.” I proudly present the times in my life when this advice has kept me sane, kept me ... More About: My Life
Ask The Readers: Bad Customer Service At Old Navy?
2008-04-23 00:23:00 I am looking for some feedback on store coupon policies. A couple weeks ago my wife bought some summer clothes for our 3 kids at our local Old Navy store. She found some nice deals and ended up spend a little under $50. A couple days later we got an Old Navy coupon in the mail ... More About: Readers , Customer Service , Service , Customer , Coupons
Carnival of Personal Finance #149 Is Up!
2008-04-21 22:57:00 For the first time in a couple months I participated in the Carnival of Personal Finance this week. It is hosted at The Happy Rock and my post 5 Ways To Survive on One Income was chosen as an Editor’s Top Picks. Cool, thanks! Thanks ‘The Happy Rock’ for the effort, I really liked how you categorized ... More About: Personal Finance , Carnivals
Craftsman Drill Contest - We Have A Winner!!
2008-04-18 20:35:00 First of all, thank you to everybody who entered! I had some really fun, educational, and interesting entries. So here is what I did. I took all the entries, put them in a hat, shook the heck out of it, held it up high and my wife drew a winner. Pretty high tech, huh? Drumroll Please…………… …. Without further-ado, the ... More About: Contest , Winner , Craftsman , Drill
My 5 Budget Busters
2008-04-17 18:51:00 I got hit upside the head by a rotten tomato from my blogging buddy LJ at Mommy Gets PAID on a new meme that has been floating around called The Budget Busters Challenge. This one looks like a lot of fun! Works like this, I list the 5 things that can keep me from staying on ... More About: Personal Finance
Welcome Being Frugal.net Guests
2008-04-16 17:20:00 For those of you coming by today from my 1st ‘Kyle’s Coupons’ guest feature at Being Frugal , welcome! Feel free to to kick off your shoes (or Crocs) and stay for awhile. Thanks again Lynnae for the opportunity! If you are looking for online coupons, here is a list of all the stores featured on Rather-Be-Shopping.com. Also, here ... More About: Guests
Festival of Frugality #121 - Tax Day Edition
2008-04-15 10:30:00 Welcome to the 121st edition of the Festival of Frugality - Tax Day Edition . I hope you were able to get yours filed on time and moved on with your life! Over 80 entries (gulp, swallow hard) to this edition, very impressive stuff by some excellent writers. So without further-ado, here are my editor’s picks, followed by a whole ... More About: Carnivals
How Much Food Do You Throw Away?
2008-04-10 22:57:00 I stumbled across an article from the Daily Mail UK titled, ‘Families throw away around one third of all the food they buy (including 4.4 million apples every day)‘. How about them apples? WOW! According to the article, that comes out to 6.7 million tons of food that goes in the trash every year in the UK! This translates into approximately 6 billion U.S. dollars per year. Unfortunately, I could not find actual stats for the United States, but I would guess it is very similar. The amount of food that is thrown away is such a HUGE waste of money and resources. Money that could be used to actually improve our lives, and the lives of our children. I’d say the percentage of food that goes wasted in our house is less than 5%. Not hard, I think you just have to do the following: Only buy what you can conceivable use and eat. What a novel idea!! Also, don’t buy extra food just because it is on sale if you are not sure if you will get around to eating it. Be Ca... More About: Food , Throw
Top 10 Reasons Men Prefer To Shop Online
2008-04-08 21:52:00 The majority of my site users (around 60%) and blog commenter’s are from women. But I often get emails from men who like my online coupons and love the conveniences of shopping online. I just got one the other day that read like this: Stumbled across your coupon site a couple months ago and I must say ... More About: Shop , Online , Reasons
Frugality In Practice: Daddy?s Taking Us To The Zoo Tomorrow
2008-04-07 22:41:00 See the elephant with a long truck a swinging, great big ears and a long trunk swinging, snuffing up the peanuts with the long trunk a swinging, and we can stay all day. I can go on if you like? No. Are you sure? After all, I have the song memorized as my wife and kids insisted on playing ... More About: Daddy , Practice , Tomorrow , Frugality , Taking
Wow, Friday Already?
2008-04-04 19:35:00 Wow, I can’t believe it is Friday already. It has been a crazy busy week around here with work stuff and Little League season in full swing. But I wanted to take a moment to highlight some of the better reading I have found from around the blogosphere this week. So grab a cup of ... More About: Reviews
5 Ways to Survive on One Income
2008-04-02 20:12:00 As I have mentioned before, my wife is a stay-at-home Mom to our 3 children. Financially, it is very challenging but the rewards far outweigh those challenges. I did a post awhile back about the benefits to both of us, and especially our kids, of having at least one parent at home. So I wanted to take some ... More About: Income , Survive
Frugality In Practice: 75% Off Sale Doesn?t Mean Buy 3
2008-04-01 00:05:00 Every time I add a coupon code to my website for 30% off at Footlocker.com or I see Eddie Bauer.com is having a 75% off sale I hear the voice. This voice in my head typically sounds like this, “Ewww, 75% off…..I better see what they have.” Even though I have a closet full of shoes and ... More About: Sale , Practice , Frugality
Win a Craftsman Cordless Drill Contest UPDATE
2008-03-31 18:34:00 Happy Monday to all, if there is such a thing! Just a quick reminder that you still have until April 15th to enter to win a brand new Craftsman cordless drill. I only have a few entries so far which make your chances of winning excellent! Here are the official entry rules. Best of luck ... More About: Contest , Update , Drill
Top Ten Wednesday - Edition 1
More articles from this author:2008-03-26 19:41:00 In the wake of my grocery shopping experience with all 3 kids in tow, I present the top ten reasons why I prefer to grocery shop alone! Guaranteed to NOT hear over the store intercom system, “Clean-up on aisle 3 please.” I can stop at the magazine rack and check out the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue with no distractions. I ... More About: Wednesday , Edition 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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