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How to Navigate ‘Sell by’, ‘Use by’, & ‘Best Before’ Dates in Order to Cut Down on Food Waste
Monday, 12 Jul, 2010 – 19:05 | 5 Comments
How to Navigate ‘Sell by’, ‘Use by’, & ‘Best Before’ Dates in Order to Cut Down on Food Waste

Why ‘Sell By’, ‘Use By’, & ‘Best Before’ Dates Matter
When playing the ‘is it still good?’ game with your food and its shelf life, it’s fairly easy to jump to your own conclusions about what …

10 Food Rules to Save you Money & Improve your Health
Saturday, 26 Jun, 2010 – 16:12 | 5 Comments
10 Food Rules to Save you Money & Improve your Health

I just read Michael Pollan’s Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual,and picked up on a few tips that intuitively make a lot of sense when it comes to eating healthy (but probably were not on the …

What are your Costly Pleasures?
Monday, 17 May, 2010 – 20:04 | 16 Comments
What are your Costly Pleasures?

Frugality is great, and it can take you a long ways towards reaching your financial and life goals, however, there are some things in life that we absolutely throw frugality out the window for. These …

Healthcare Reform: How it Impacts You
Monday, 22 Mar, 2010 – 21:53 | 23 Comments
Healthcare Reform: How it Impacts You

Political affiliations aside, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka H.R. 3590, will be signed into law by President Obama tomorrow. And it will impact every U.S. citizen. If you’re interested in reading the …

EyeBuyDirect.com Buy One Get One EyeGlasses Sale Ends at Midnight
Monday, 25 Jan, 2010 – 20:54 | 4 Comments
EyeBuyDirect.com Buy One Get One EyeGlasses Sale Ends at Midnight

If you’re in the market for new eyeglasses, EyeBuyDirect just sent me an email that they are having a special ‘buy one, get one free’ sale today only. Not a bad deal when you consider …

Why Getting Rid of Clutter is so Dang Hard
Sunday, 13 Sep, 2009 – 17:45 | 8 Comments
Why Getting Rid of Clutter is so Dang Hard

Clutter elimination has become somewhat of an ongoing battle for me. One one hand, being able to eliminate things from your life frees up your conscience from feeling indebted to them. The less ’stuff’ you …

20 Backpacking Tips to Turn you Into Lewis & Clark
Wednesday, 24 Jun, 2009 – 21:01 | 11 Comments
20 Backpacking Tips to Turn you Into Lewis & Clark

Hopefully, the catchy title sucked you in. We previously covered what backpacking gear to purchase, what food and clothing to bring, and how to properly train for backpacking. All of that stuff is great and …

How to Train & Prepare for your Backpacking Trip
Thursday, 18 Jun, 2009 – 22:14 | 5 Comments
How to Train & Prepare for your Backpacking Trip

Since this is a finance AND lifestyle blog, I’ve been covering the basics of backpacking lately. You save money over typical vacations every time you hike, get to experience the great outdoors, and challenge yourself …

Choosing the Right Backpacking Food & Clothing
Thursday, 11 Jun, 2009 – 22:41 | 4 Comments
Choosing the Right Backpacking Food & Clothing

In the last post on buying backpacking supply gear, there were two noticeable things left out by design – food and clothing. Why? It’s hard to survive without either – but almost equally as challenging …

The Beginner’s Guide to Backpacking: Buying Backpacking Gear & Supplies
Sunday, 7 Jun, 2009 – 13:59 | 13 Comments
The Beginner’s Guide to Backpacking: Buying Backpacking Gear & Supplies

The Benefits of Backpacking
Whether doing a week-long trek through the Grand Canyon, or a two night weekend hike at a nearby state park, backpacking has a number of great benefits and is relatively cheap in …