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As the last full month of winter, February always reminds me of a houseguest who has officially overstayed his welcome. I'm ready for springtime, and more than ready to get outside in my garden and exercise my atrophying green thumbs.
Even cheapskates like me get struck by cupid's arrow on Valentine's Day. But that doesn't mean I'll be spending anywhere close to the $158 the National Retail Federation says that the average guy will spend on his sweetheart this February 14. Here are some tips for saying amore for a lessee this…
I knew it! And now there's another new study that backs me up.
You always know when it's tax season at the House of Yeager, because I set up the card table in the middle of living room and pile it high with boxes of receipts, copies of our previous tax returns going back to the Carter Administration, and every unopened envelope we've received during the past…
Go for a week without spending ANY money?! It's spending detox, what I call a "fiscal fast." Give it a try a couple of times a year. You'll save a few bucks, use up stuff you have around the house, and gain a new understanding of how you spend - and probably waste - money in a normal week. It's a…
You know a social phenomenon has officially arrived when reality-TV picks up on it.
I had a nightmare on New Year's Eve, a weird fusion of Herman Cain lecturing me about his 9*9*9 tax plan and an ancient Mayan princess warning me that the world will end on 12*12, all the while a toucan fed me Coco Puffs atop a Mayan temple. Maybe too much champagne?
Anybody who knows me personally or has read what I write realizes that while I make a sport out of pinching pennies, I don't condone being a cheapskate when it comes to giving to charity or helping those in need.
Everybody in my family knows that I love to cook (cheapskate-style, of course). So for holiday gifts, people often give me kitchen utensils or small cooking appliances.
Did you know that we spend about $2.9 billion every year on gift wrapping paper and supplies according to Hallmark? And of course most of it ends up being throw way after the holidays, which is one reason why between Thanksgiving and New Year's we generate an extra one million tons of garbage every…