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Jan 29, 2011 | Featured, No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Save $ |
You asked for it. Here it is. The price shopping comparison between Aldi and Walmart. After my post on day 241, many people asked for a price comparison with Walmart, some because they love shopping there, others because they believe Walmart to have the lowest...
Jan 26, 2011 | Dumpster diving, No retail shopping, Recycle, Repurposed, Salvaged, Save $ |
Freeycycle is the modern day dumpster diving, without having to touch a dumpster or trash can. From the freecycle site: It’s a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It’s all...
Jan 24, 2011 | No retail shopping, Repurposed, Save $
My kids keep leaving lights on all the time. Mostly in their rooms, but also other rooms, where I don’t have energy efficient lighting. They weren’t always this way. To make a point about electric costs and being wasteful, I used to charge them 25¢ each...
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Jan 22, 2011 | Featured, No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Recycle, Save $ |
Yes, I made a judgement call based on 25¢, a quarter I thought I would loose. Listening to some bad advice, I decided not to try a new grocery store in my area, a store that opened over a year ago. Some person (I don’t remember who) told me that the new Aldi...
Jan 20, 2011 | No retail shopping, Save $ |
I told my kids I would let them buy a box of cereal straws if they promised to blog on the ridiculousness of them. They chose to do it, so I purchased the box of Oreo Funstix cereal straws for $3.50. Joe: O.K. First of all. My mom is making me do this. So I’m not...
Jan 17, 2011 | Mini challenges, Save $ |
I’m posting the 25 piece clothing challenge separate from the blog post, as I have a few people that want to participate already. I’ll post the results monthly, along with the list of people participating. Check it out. Take 25 pieces of clothing from...
Jan 16, 2011 | No retail shopping, Recycle, Salvaged, Save $
My friend that had the flood finally got to move back into her house yesterday. As I was helping, I noticed the old bathroom light fixture sitting in the trash, with all of the old light bulbs still in it. With the challenge, I can’t buy light bulbs, so I...
Jan 15, 2011 | No retail shopping, Save $, Thrift store |
Several people have asked me to compile this information, so here it is to the best of my knowledge. I did not start this challenge to save money, although it’s been a nice benefit. Here’s a few of the details, and I will be tracking this more going...
Jan 15, 2011 | No retail shopping, Save $
Yesterday I had to shop for work again. I’m designing an interactive wall that unfortunately need some new supplies. I was mentioning the fact that I had to go to the store in front of someone that just heard about my no retail challenge. He asked, “So,...
Jan 13, 2011 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Save $ |
Here in North Texas, we’re a little spoiled by the not-too-cold winter temperatures. We get our once a year snowfall, but generally our low’s are still above freezing. This was not so 2 days ago, when the low, including the wind chill factor, was to dip...
Jan 12, 2011 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Recycle, Repurposed, Save $ |
Instead of buying ziplock plastic baggies and other plastic containers, I like to reuse containers I already have. Instead of placing my plastic sour cream containers, margarine containers or other food containers directly into the recycling bin, I wash them and use...
Jan 10, 2011 | No retail shopping, Recycle, Repurposed, Save $, Thrift store |
I had to go to 2 stores for work yesterday. I needed a frame, a mat board and to have 1 photo printed. I decided to go to Aaron Brothers for the frame and mat board, because in January, they have their “buy one, get one for a penny” sale. I found the...
Jan 9, 2011 | Flashback, No retail shopping, Save $
Original post: January 1, 2009 About two months ago, I got a really cool pair of shoes from a friend’s teenage daughter. She said she was not wearing them anymore, so I took them home with me. The shoes were awesome, great colors and artwork! As soon as I got...
Jan 8, 2011 | Save $, Thrift store |
Amy found this clothing store in New York City called Necessary Clothing. Yes, clothing is necessary, and from the looks of the mannequins, you might need to buy several pieces of it. I did a little research on this store. They’re located in the SoHo district...
Jan 5, 2011 | No retail shopping, Save $
I found myself being irritated at the grocery store, stirring over the little yellow tags again. (day 160… trained shopping monkeys) Upon a very deliberate observation, I would guess 60% or more of the little yellow tags are ‘low price’ tags and...
Dec 27, 2010 | Ideas, No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Recycle, Repurposed, Save $ |
I have an idea. I know, no surprise… I stumbled upon this little video called The Story of Stuff. It’s a little over 20 minutes long, but I watched the whole thing. Before I get into the details here, take a look if you haven’t seen it. If you...
Dec 26, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $
I had to go to the grocery store for a couple of things, and as I was walking through the store, I found something that seemed a little off. Shopaholic wine glasses. Cute, right? Not so much. The definition of a shopaholic is “a compulsive shopper”,...
Dec 23, 2010 | Flashback, Save $
This is a blog post I did in October of 2008 on iembracechaos.com, and the one post I send people to most frequently. is it coffee or an investment? Anyone that knows me well, knows that I cannot live without my latte machine. It’s a Pasquini machine, basically...
Dec 22, 2010 | Dumpster diving, Ideas, No retail shopping, Repurposed, Salvaged, Save $ |
As usual, I had to look up some information on this. The white elephant gift exchange is defined on Wikipedia like this: A white elephant gift exchange is a popular holiday party game found primarily in North America. It has many variations in both the name and the...
Dec 17, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $ |
In a creative-type job, if you have an extra 15 minutes, that’s just play time. It’s not enough time to start a project, because in 14 minutes, you would just be getting into your creative zone, then have to stop. Frustrating! While Jerod and I were...
Dec 15, 2010 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Save $
I ran across two interesting things this week, one posted on my Facebook page and the other in a Yahoo! Groups post on Compact. These sites, xmaswithoutchina.com and the Marie Claire Yahoo! Shopping post, when combined together, portray a picture of our consumeristic...
Dec 13, 2010 | Dumpster diving, No retail shopping, Save $ |
I’m speaking tonight at Preston Trail Community Church, in the Financial Peace University class, about the “no retail” shopping challenge. I didn’t start this to save money, but it did turn out to be a nice benefit. Here’s a recap of...
Dec 11, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $ |
Yet another trip to Target. This time it was for my son. Here’s the somewhat funny, yet disturbing story… I was presented with a ziplock baggie full of Barbie doll parts this past week. Normally, this would be okay, as someone might be giving me these...
Nov 30, 2010 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Save $ |
*Blog post subject to change without notice. Other terms and conditions apply. Not responsible from broken windshields. What’s with all the fine print these days? Are lawyers really that bored? Or are companies that scared? Does anyone actually read this...
Nov 27, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $ |
Any other day of the year, no retailer would allow you to walk around their store with a camera around your neck, they would stop you and make you put it away. On black friday, that’s not the case. With the busyness and chaos of the thousands of shoppers,...
