Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the monthly archives:
Looking for cheap silverware, dish sets? Fur coats? Try thrift stores. It takes a dedicated thrift store shopper to find good deals, but you can definitely save a lot of money.
My favorite trip was in San Francisco years ago when I lived with my sister. She sent me to Community Thrift in the Mission to [...]
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I heard this story about poorly written tattoos on NPR.
This is a huge pet peeve of mine. There really isn’t any extra meaning just because you write in foreign pictograms. I can’t think of too many other stupid purchases than tattoos that are incorrect. I don’t have a tattoo and I will probably never get [...]
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Silk. Wonderful, beautiful, lustrous silk.
It’s expensive to buy and to care for.
WRONG! Treenway Silks of Canada has a great article on caring for silk. Please note the part which reads, Commercial silk garments are marked ‘dry clean only’ as protection for poorly dyed goods more than for the silk.
My mother is a dry cleaner and [...]
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This isn’t a recipe per se, but a recipe idea.
I had stew cubes last week. I bought some more last night. I didn’t like the beef buillion so this time I used Lipton Onion Soup Mix (still the best sour cream & onion dip mix ever) for the soup base. I added one giant clove [...]
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Wow. I’ve just lost all credibility with personal finance bloggers.
I went to work at the yarn shop late and I started off on a personal buying spree.
Now keep in mind I get a pretty good employee discount. But I also had a special gift certificate for an extra 10% off. It’s a year old and [...]
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Over the last 3 days, the design of this site has changed a lot. Well, okay, only the sidebar really. I’ve put in more Google ads, claimed by blog at BlogShares, and put on FeedBurner links so you can subscribe to this blog more easily.
Sometimes it amazes me that I’ve actually had people click on [...]
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I seem to have lost all squeamishness about ad placement. But do tell me if it’s intrusive. I figured information about myself is not so important, so I stuck it at the way bottom of the sidebar. I also thought my goals were very important, so those went to the very top.
One reason my blogroll [...]
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1) Please don’t leave anonymous comments.
2) If it’s not something you’d say to my face, don’t leave it here.
3) If you want to be critical privately, you can email me directly at mapgirl [at] rangers [dot] org.
Thank you.
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I’ll get around to serious financial topics someday when I’m fired up about it. I’ve just got too many posts in my head right now that it’s bursting. I should retitle this blog, Mapgirl’s Fiscal Obsession. I’ve been dreaming of new posts in that sleepy state right before full sleep.
I hope I’m not the only [...]
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Talk of the Nation had a conversation on Tuesday with John Edwards about poverty in America.
I’d say I’m a liberal. I’m not a fan on John Edwards per se, but my old roommate works for him now as a policy analyst. What I liked about the interview is that Mr. Edwards talks about helping everyone [...]
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