Marco writes in:Most of your “money tips” are stupid. Why would I waste my time doing this stuff to save fifty cents? I want to learn how to make money not how to save a nickel.Whether or not you take advantage of the huge benefits of...
Topics: Frugality, Getting Started

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Almost immediately after my article yesterday about the costs of preparing for additional children, Eileen wrote to me with a very worthwhile comment:In that article you barely mentioned the value of family and friends who will give you lots of...
Topics: Community, Frugality

{"title":"Social Supply-Side Economics","post_url":"http:\/\/www.thesimpledollar.com\/2009\/12\/03\/social-supply-side-economics\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.thesimpledollar.com\/feed\/","author":"trenttsd","date":"2009-12-03 12:00:48","summary":"Almost immediately after my article yesterday about the costs of preparing for additional children, Eileen wrote to me with a very worthwhile comment:In that article you barely mentioned the value of family and friends who will give you lots of..."}

When I was a kid, each year my Christmas stocking had a large orange in the toe. I always thought of this as a bit strange, so when I was a bit older, I asked my parents about the orange. It turns out that oranges were pretty hard to get ahold of when..
Topics: Food, Frugality, Groceries

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Megan writes in:Congratulations on your third child! My husband and I are expecting our second child in February. I hope you’ll write an article about how to save money when another child comes along.Your wish is my command, Megan. Here are some.
Topics: Frugality, Parenting

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Right now, I’m deeply involved with the editing process for my upcoming second book.My first book was fairly easy to edit. Since it was mostly a list of ways to live cheap, the edits were either “does this way to live cheap fit in the...
Topics: Morning Roundup

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