The major project I'm taking on during this time that I have off is to finally declutter everything that I've put off decluttering for the last – oh – lots of years. Fortunately, there hasn't been a build-up of crap in the last 12 years or so since I kind of generally just stopped buying ...
Category Archives: frugality
Is Inflation Personal?
Several people in the comments of the Get Rich Slowly reader story that was posted the other day suggested that I was being a tad bit optimistic, perhaps even naive about inflation rates. According to the Bank of Canada inflation calculator here,: http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/rates/inflation_calc.html inflation has averaged 4.4% from 1965 to 2010 and 3.1% from ...
Money hoarding
I come from a long line of money hoarders. Money hoarding is the one type of hoarding behavior that is acceptable and even admired in our society. Like any other kind of hoarding (such as my tendency towards pantry hoarding), money hoarding creeps me out. ...
Buy fish – or teach how to buy and cook fish?
Recently, I came across the 2009 cost of eating report for my province. The report gave out the following figures for food costs: "In June 2008 in Alberta, the average monthly cost of the nutritious food basket, for a family of four, was $774." As well, approximately 10% of Albertans are subject to "food insecurity" - ...
I can haz valuez?
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Tightwad or frugal – what’s the diff?
I'm not a tightwad, but I am frugal - and science confirms that there's a difference! Actually, they confirmed it several years ago, but I was busy off earning more to save more money and didn't notice it. I don't personally dislike spending money, I'm kind of neutral about it, but I ...
Stuff Frugal People Like – Stockpiling Groceries
All self-respecting frugal people consider it their duty – nay, their mission to save money on groceries. The common method used to do this is to stockpile groceries as if they were starring in a reenactment of Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic drama, The Road. Certain tools are required to fulfill this money-saving mission. ...