More Money Reading Material
I went a little link-crazy on MSN.com today and found a bunch of articles:
- We're idiots for buying luxury items like $200 jeans.
- Secrets of superstar grocery shoppers. On the second page they list 10 tips that are pretty good, and the author says she saved 90 bucks for one hour's worth of coupon clipping. In Party Like a Rock Star I advocate not using coupons at all, but I may just incorporate this piece of advice into my routine: Track the non-perishable items that you spend the most money on or are the most expensive (in my case that would probably be pasta sauce, coffee, and peanut butter) over a three-month period by checking the store prices and coupons in the Sunday paper. Then you'll know how low they can go. From that point on, when an item's price hits the lowest point, you'll know it's time to stock up and buy three month's worth of it.
- How to look rich without spending much. I'd rather look poor and be rich, but to each his own. (Note: Currently I am poor and I look poor, so why don't you go buy 300 copies of my book?) This article gives tips on buying fancy stuff, taking high-end vacations, and a few entertainment options for cheap. One tip I may incorporate into my life (well, I'm also incorporating "don't have kids" into my life as recommended, but that's more to save my sanity rather than money) is "purge the poverty from your life." In other words, make your apartment neat and clean and fix things that are broken, because living in squalor is also a mindset. I think it's time for a winter cleaning around here...
- We're idiots for buying luxury items like $200 jeans.
- Secrets of superstar grocery shoppers. On the second page they list 10 tips that are pretty good, and the author says she saved 90 bucks for one hour's worth of coupon clipping. In Party Like a Rock Star I advocate not using coupons at all, but I may just incorporate this piece of advice into my routine: Track the non-perishable items that you spend the most money on or are the most expensive (in my case that would probably be pasta sauce, coffee, and peanut butter) over a three-month period by checking the store prices and coupons in the Sunday paper. Then you'll know how low they can go. From that point on, when an item's price hits the lowest point, you'll know it's time to stock up and buy three month's worth of it.
- How to look rich without spending much. I'd rather look poor and be rich, but to each his own. (Note: Currently I am poor and I look poor, so why don't you go buy 300 copies of my book?) This article gives tips on buying fancy stuff, taking high-end vacations, and a few entertainment options for cheap. One tip I may incorporate into my life (well, I'm also incorporating "don't have kids" into my life as recommended, but that's more to save my sanity rather than money) is "purge the poverty from your life." In other words, make your apartment neat and clean and fix things that are broken, because living in squalor is also a mindset. I think it's time for a winter cleaning around here...
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