Archive for the ‘saving money’ Category

Crazy mark ups

Pre-Cut Produce Pre-cut fruits and vegetables didn’t even exist 10 years ago, but we spent more than $600 million on prepared salads alone last year. While grabbing pre-cut fruit and vegetables can help cut down on your time in the kitchen, that small convenience carries a big price. It’s safe to say you are paying [...]

Almost Free Restaurant Gift Certificates

Almost FREE to eat at local restaurants Tracy Coenen Nov 19th 2008 at 1:30PM Filed under: Food Run right over to Restaurant.com, do not pass go, do not collect $200. But you DO get great restaurant certificates almost FREE. Normally the site sells $25 gift certificates for $10. Through tomorrow, you can get a $25 [...]

Useless Gadgets You Should Stop Wasting Money On

Landline Phones There’s one big reason that people keep a landline at home: 911 calls. The landline runs off power from the telephone line itself (a neat precursor to power over ethernet) so if there’s a blackout, the calls still go through (unless you have a cordless handset, of course). And because a landline is [...]

Welcome back

Hello world! Welcome to my new home on the web… icanhavepayday.com. I finally have TV, AT&T U-verse. It’s awesome. Did you know that Paris Hilton has a show where she’s looking for a new BFF? How did I live without TV? But seriously… The quality is great, the usability of the set top box/DVR is [...]

Happy? Columbus Day

…Or Canadian Thanksgiving if you prefer. Today I am thankful that our Slingcatcher was delivered this morning before work. We now have all the components of our new television solution. We’re just having some trouble setting up my parent’s network to allow for remote viewing. I can’t wait to see it in action. If any [...]

No joke, no TV

We STIIIIILLLL don’t have TV. The installer for Dish could only get a signal from the HD satellite, and the channels really weren’t what we wanted. It wasn’t worth the price. Aside from that, there was no place to ground the satellite, so if it got struck by lightning our TV would have gotten fried. [...]

What I’ll do for TV

My credit card arrived on Friday. I honestly didn’t ever want to get a credit card. I hoped I’d never need to. Even now that I have one I don’t see why it’s necessary. Stupid Dish Network. I’m not against loans all together but for day to day expenses I don’t see why I’d ever [...]

Saving munays

Saving money can be tough in today’s world of constant spending. It is very easy to spend small amounts of money every day and have no idea where it all went just a week later. So here are some pointers on ways to keep track of you spending: For many of us, shopping has become [...]

Is renting right for me?

The savings incurred (versus owning) make sense when other financial objectives are more important, such as saving for a home, paying off student loans, or supporting family members

New Addresses

Yesterday I forgot to mention the best thing about my apartment, I’m now only 7 miles from work, instead of 21. Which means not only will my commute time be reduced to 1/3rd what it was, but so will my gas bill. Woo! My roommate had a longer commute than me, and now his will [...]