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January 2008

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• 01.22.08
  The Magic of a Bloomin’ Onion Frugality | (0)

  These flowery, fried onions have more magic to them than the slight burning sensation they leave at the back of my throat - getting one will almost certainly mean something you ordered will be free (hopefully its something sweet with a ridiculously dangerous name)(video). Now that may sound crazy to everyone who has ordered a Bloomin' Onion or one of the many copycat creations and had to actually pay for it and pay for your desert - or even go without desert altogether (gasp!). Rest assured, this has randomly happened to me twice so it must mean ...

  Tagged: cheap eats, saving tips
  
• 01.20.08
  Thank You Kind Anonymous One Money Misc. | (1)

  I feel so thankful right now. A kind, anonymous individual blessed my wife and me today by giving us a gift that is a little more than one week's worth of my take home pay. It came to us in an envelope unmarked expect for our names printed in the default Times New Roman font. When it was handed to us, I new immediately what it was, I just had no idea how much it was. In fact, I decided to wait a little while before even opening the envelope - figuring it was a nice ...
• 01.18.08
  It’s All About the Milk, Baby Money Misc. | (0)

  Have you ever wonder why a gallon of milk costs 43% more than a gallon of gas? Ever wondered why you just couldn't hold down that gallon of milk you tried to drink in under an hour? Well, I have the answer to those burning questions right here: milk is only the most valuable but not-really-that-valuable commodity on the market. You see, according to some guy there is a direct correlation to the production of butter in Bangladesh and the performance of the S&P 500, or at least there might have been one between 1983 ...

  Tagged: cost of living
  
• 01.17.08
  Crappin’ My Pants Budgets | (0)

  image: Just Taken Pics' Today was my first payday since my employer decided to switch from a semi-monthly pay schedule to a bi-weekly one. Being the type of person who wants to figure out new things to anticipate the effect of the change, I built a splediforific spreadsheet that I thought did a reasonable job projecting just how much each paycheck would net me and what the monthly average would be. I was so certain about it, I even used this number in projecting our 2008 expectations and goals. My spreadsheet told me, and it was so. When I ...

  Tagged: budgeting, income, lessons learned, spreadsheets
  

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