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From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 8, 2020 at 11:59 am ET
Here are this week's links to The Festival Of Frugality (hint: I didn't make the lineup) and the Blogging Bloomers (hint: I didn't make the cut on this one either.)Sometimes I just don't want ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 4, 2021 at 11:40 am ET
As an adult, I've forgotten how to dream and play 'pretend'. Thanks to Disney's 'Enchanted" movie, it's all coming back to me. Half automated and half real life, half in Fantasyland and half ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 3, 2021 at 10:38 am ET
There's a tiny little secret going on over at CNN Headline News. A few weeks ago, Glenn Beck, star of The Glenn Beck Show made an announcement that he met with his producers and ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 2, 2021 at 11:41 am ET
Research has emerged that the human brain can't do two restraining events at once. It can't stop spending and eating at the same time. It's one or the other. So, as people ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 1, 2021 at 12:46 pm ET
This isn't an April Fool's joke. I think if you've made the necessary cut-backs in your financial life, you may be positioned correctly to ride out the last remaining remnants of the financial storm. ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 31, 2021 at 11:17 am ET
I am starting my third week since I bought my new, fuel efficient '08 Ford Focus Sedan and I still haven't put any gas in the tank. Not spending any money on gas has ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 28, 2021 at 10:22 am ET
Technically, it's springtime here. Or so they tell me. From the looks of it outside, brrrrrrr. Nope. It still feels like winter to me. Either way, I'm heading out to ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 26, 2021 at 10:51 am ET
Our American Dollar is alive and well, thank you very much! It may not buy much abroad, but it sure can buy a lot here. I'm not talking about the dollar menu at McDonald's, ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 26, 2021 at 10:13 am ET
The Festival of Frugality this week is doing it by the ABC's. Check out all the ways to keep on saving money by clicking here.The Blogging Boomers offer up some good points this week. ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 25, 2021 at 11:51 am ET
All the hard financial decisions people need to make today, DH and I made back in 2000-2001 during the last economic upheaval. We vowed right there and then to change our lives and become ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 24, 2021 at 10:20 am ET
I did a little experiment these past four days. I stopped listening to the media and I stopped reading the daily news. I wanted to experience the state of living in these 'tough' ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 21, 2021 at 1:08 pm ET
So, I'm sitting here in my office and I'm thinking about things. I'm thinking about the housing mess; how just 5% of the mortgages are taking down 95% of the folks who pay their ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 20, 2021 at 4:09 pm ET
I read a very interesting post yesterday that affected me. It was entitled: Recession Proof Your Diet: Food Strategies for a New Economy. It was written by Kris, the author of the Cheap Healthy ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 19, 2021 at 5:21 pm ET
The Festival of Frugality is up this week. It was hosted by "I've Paid For This Twice". You can read this week's plethora of submissions by clicking on this link.The Blogging Boomers #61 is up ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 18, 2021 at 2:06 pm ET
There's been a lot of talk lately about the Great Depression of the early 1930's. You know the one? The one that happened right after the stock market crash of 1929. The ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 17, 2021 at 11:38 am ET
To anyone who has a Netflix account, have you noticed something strange lately? Every single new release DVD, such as Michael Clayton, No Country For Old Men, No Reservations etc. when you place an order ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 14, 2021 at 12:24 pm ET
Lately I've been finding myself saying "I can't afford it" or "I can't afford it any longer." There's no doubt about it that I have been feeling the squeeze. I've been getting hammered ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 12, 2021 at 12:24 pm ET
New York's rootin'-tootin', hip shootin' governor, Eliot Spitzer, will leave office Monday after being caught literally, with his pants down in a prostitution ring. I'm no stranger to the pent up hatred we New ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 11, 2021 at 9:33 am ET
The Festival Of Frugality has another week's worth of money saving submissions. Check them out by clicking on this link.The Blogging Boomers also have a week's worth of posting to check out. Click ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 8, 2021 at 10:02 am ET
Restaurants are feeling the pinch of higher food costs. They know if they raise their menu prices, diners won't be frequenting their eating establishments. From McDonalds to Le Cirque, I'd think twice before I'd ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 7, 2021 at 11:14 am ET
My notebook system that tracts my grocery shopping has been working out well. I keep a running total of how much I have been spending on food and it's been keeping me mindful of ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 6, 2021 at 10:43 am ET
In another effort to close the budget gap, New York State is preparing to pass legislation that will increase the tax to anyone who earns more than a million dollars per year. This type ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 5, 2021 at 2:51 pm ET
I'll just give you the facts. You can draw your own conclusion. What's the best investment?1. Home purchased in 2005 for $340K. Value today $425K. Realized Gain $85K. Up 25%.2. ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 5, 2021 at 6:58 am ET
It's that time of the week again. The Festival of Frugality is posting their #115 carnival hosted by Broke Grad Student.The Bloggin' Boomers post their #59 entry by So Baby Boomer.Lot's of good reading.Enjoy!__________________________________________________________________Paid ... ( more)
From The Wastrel Show - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 4, 2021 at 10:43 am ET
Despite how many times we tell a child not to touch a hot stove, somehow they always seem to reach out their hand and touch that stove. Once they feel the heat, experience the ... ( more)
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