All Posts Tagged With: "Cheap"

Somewhere in the middle of the 1990’s (sorry, I can’t pinpoint the year, as I used to live a very hectic lifestyle. God, I miss those days!) I purchased an AB 30 vs travel alarm clock from Braun.

This little puppy woke me up, just like it was intended to do, like clockwork all over this world, and on all types of mornings — whether they were the rainy days that made me want to throw the covers over my head and ignore the outside world, or the sun-filled ones that made it very easy on my alarm clock to get me out of bed! I would have never gotten rid of this “Made in Germany” gem, but it just stopped working for me the other month, and as I found out later: this model is no longer produced — it was upgraded to a newer one with much more bells and whistles (not to mention double the price). Continued

Work clothes are expensive!

How did I, Mr. Frugal, figure this out, you ask? Well, lately I’ve been frustrated with my limited work wardrobe (I have way too many sports related t-shirts [Go Birds!] and not enough things I can wear in a boardroom meeting! This would usually be OK with me, but I work in a professional environment and part of the costs of having this great career means that I need to maintain a certain standard, and style, of dress (not to impress as much as not to be laughed at).

However, I can be pretty cheap when it comes to shopping for work clothes! I often buy things from the clearance racks at Target or the Gap, which means I usually spend very little money, but also end up with something of relatively low quality. So low in fact, that in a couple of months down the road, that $10 button-down clearance shirt will be losing its buttons, it’s going to unravel at the seams and more than likely fade drastically! Sometimes I like a shirt so much that I’ll do some minor surgery on it (to keep it going for a while longer before it totally disintegrates)! Continued

MoneyRemix’s spam filters must not be working properly (I have been getting the weirdest comments lately)!

Seriously, what’s up with the freaking Russian messages that keep jamming up my inbox. Guys, I don’t speak Russian, know Russian, and another thing: why would someone who only spoke Russian visit my site? Sorry if you’re Russian … I’m also getting Chinese, some illiterate stuff, a million words strung together, and even some Swahili messages (I think).

Then there are my “favorite”: the nasty, pointless letters! Really, how are you going to write that I’m a POS, just because you don’t agree with me? I’ve been called a sexist, a racist, a liar, and cheesy over the last few days … here’s the truth: I’m none of the above! Hey weird people who are piling on these messages, you don’t know me! I’m not that bully in High School (I was bullied) or that guy who broke your heart (Ok, maybe I was … if that’s you [you know who you are, Miss Sensitive]). Continued

We, as consumers, have never wanted things any more than we do in this day and age … and there’s good reason for this epidemic: there’s more to want, and much easier ways to get it!

For example, cell phones are becoming an essential part of our culture, and so have the rest of the electronic goods like cameras, camcorders, laptops and iPods (note: if you don’t have these, people will look at you like have a second head or something!). It’s true … Americans are blowing their hard-earned cash hand over fist to over-accumulate unnecessary crap in their lives, just to keep up with the Joneses, who are also keeping up with their own set of Joneses. Now, if you’re not really into wasting money all the time, and you don’t give a crap about what your stupid neighbors think about you (welcome to my life … seriously) I think you might just enjoy the rest of this article … because it’s all about finding a deal online (when that “blue moon” finally comes back around)! Continued

Why go to the club to waste tons of money, where you’re forced to put up with way-too-loud music, girls that only want you to buy them a drink, and those annoying New Jersey Douche Bags that show up like cockroaches to spread their disease (read: phoniness, with a few layers of self-tanner, globs of hair gel and way too many Jagerbombs)? How can anyone truly have fun like this?

Well, here’s a thought: why not throw a great party at your place instead? Kind of like a House Party, without Kid and Play (if they show up, that would be pretty damn sweet). For starters, you’d get to invite who you want over (which is probably not going to include those aforementioned d-bags [unless you’re one of them, and you’re into that sort of thing]) listen to the music you want to hear, and at a level that won’t drown out any potentially interesting conversations! And the most important part: You’ll be saving a ton of cash along the way (think about how much you spent last time: bet it was over $100, right? Yea, I thought so!). Continued