I have grown fairly knowledgeable about financial matters, given that my spouse spent many years in the field. I love the Common Craft show explanations of things, and think that it would be a good video to show to students to encourage savings. I looked at several of the other banking sites, and they just aren’t particularly relevant to my life. We have no debt—no mortgage, no car payments, no credit card balances. We are not the people to whom these sites are geared.
I looked at the Gas Buddy site, and if I were still making my former daily commute of 75 miles, I would certainly use it. But again, I am 5 minutes by car, 15 minutes by bike, and 35 minutes by walking from my work. My husband works from a home office and telecommutes. We don’t need gas that often any more.
The Frugal Dad site had some good suggestions, but nothing that was surprising to me. Guess I am just inherently cheap—I mean FRUGAL.
I know people who have used Freecycle before and were very happy with the results. The site looks pretty easy to navigate.
I liked the Savvy shopper’s site. One of the listed sites—Please Dress Me--had some wonderful T-shirts with humor. Here’s an example:
I looked at RetailMeNot, but the manufacturer I looked at—Eddie Bauer—apparently asked to have their coupons removed from the site.
Finally, the site that I explored more deeply was the Minnesota Gardening one, although I ended up mostly at the iVillage Garden Web. There I was able to learn more about the herbs I had planted. I now know much about tarragon that I think I really cared about. But it was fun and I would certainly turn there if I have more questions about my herb garden.
I’m not sure what I would recommend to people about how to get through these financially challenging times. For me, the big issue is mostly common sense. Figure out the difference between NEED and WANT, and move forward from there.
I looked at the Gas Buddy site, and if I were still making my former daily commute of 75 miles, I would certainly use it. But again, I am 5 minutes by car, 15 minutes by bike, and 35 minutes by walking from my work. My husband works from a home office and telecommutes. We don’t need gas that often any more.
The Frugal Dad site had some good suggestions, but nothing that was surprising to me. Guess I am just inherently cheap—I mean FRUGAL.
I know people who have used Freecycle before and were very happy with the results. The site looks pretty easy to navigate.
I liked the Savvy shopper’s site. One of the listed sites—Please Dress Me--had some wonderful T-shirts with humor. Here’s an example:
I looked at RetailMeNot, but the manufacturer I looked at—Eddie Bauer—apparently asked to have their coupons removed from the site.
Finally, the site that I explored more deeply was the Minnesota Gardening one, although I ended up mostly at the iVillage Garden Web. There I was able to learn more about the herbs I had planted. I now know much about tarragon that I think I really cared about. But it was fun and I would certainly turn there if I have more questions about my herb garden.
I’m not sure what I would recommend to people about how to get through these financially challenging times. For me, the big issue is mostly common sense. Figure out the difference between NEED and WANT, and move forward from there.
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