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The City Sojourner: Part 1: Paris!
This is the first installment of an urban travel series. By the end of the summer I will have visited a number of different cities all over Europe. For each new urban experience, I will break down the...
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The City Sojourner: Part 2: Barcelona
This chapter in our cheapskate travels takes place in Barcelona, and my sister joined me on this trip. Instead of taking the train, as I did to get to Paris, we flew to Barcelona on Ryan Air. If it...
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5 Things You Forgot When You First Moved Out
I’m sure we all remember the first time we moved out from our parent’s place. That first painful move that made you realize how much you appreciate your parent’s behind-the-scenes work (or the complete...
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5 Awesome Tools For Your Next Awesome Party
Today’s a big day for me. First big party at the new place, and I don’t know yet how many people are coming. All I know is that it’s May 2-4 weekend and apparently the party (which includes two...
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What You Should Really Be Getting New Parents
As I may have mentioned before, I’m the happy single father of a crazy 21-month-old toddler. Looking back to when my son’s mom was pregnant, I don’t know how I could have planned for everything that...
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Cash and Couples: Banking, Bargaining, and Not Breaking Up (Part Two)
Part Two: Getting Your Sweetie to Start Saving The first time I lived with a significant other, I was entirely unprepared for the number of things about him that A) I didn’t know, and B) bugged the...
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The Joys of Plastic!
I was walking in a mall some few years ago passed a kiosk about throwing parties and making money. The idea was to sell these plastic containers and kitchenware during social occasions with friends and...
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The City Sojourner: Part 3: Venice!
Getting Around Venice and the Tourism Machine Anyone looking for an inexpensive vacation in Europe, strike Venice straight off your list. Not that the city wasn’t lovely. The canals are as beautiful as...
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How Supplemental Sampling Can Lower Your Bills!
If there is one thing that I love, it’s free stuff. As a frugal person I’m always looking at cutting corners and making things last longer, as well as coming up with unusual solutions to common issues....
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Couponing My Way to 2010
I can remember way back, all the way to 2007, when couponing was waiting for the Sunday paper to arrive and clipping the coupons I knew my family would use out of each insert. I would go through my...
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