Am I ruining the anti-commercial, anti-gift spirit of the Festivus holiday if I tell you my second favorite way to read e-books for free? (My first is going to the library.) I go to this search page on Amazon and click on the “Sort By” menu at the right, selecting “Price: High to Low.” The page will list various books … Read more
Thanks to WildforWags for the heads up on a $5 rebate when you buy a small bag of Cascade Platinum. The detergent is on sale for $3.99 at Walgreens this week, and there are probably also other places where you can get it for less than $5. At that price, you even make a little money after postage. The rebate … Read more
My current favorite Android app is Duolingo, a free language learning program that can also be used on the computer. There are currently 10 languages available for English speakers. Right now I’m studying French, and I’m having fun doing it despite the fact that spelling French correctly is well nigh impossible. (Though I’m told English is worse, so I suppose … Read more
When I first got cats, I swore that I was not going to get any hideous, carpet-covered cat trees for my abode. Then I realized that my cats had no way to see out the upstairs windows. What kind of cruel owner was I? I might as well put them in jail. So I looked for cat tree plans online (warning: … Read more
Google Play is offering downloads of Awesome Mix Vol. 1, the soundtrack to Guardians of the Galaxy, for free today. You have to have a Google Play account (I already did since I have an Android phone, but you can create a new one just for this). Click here and you can download the album for free. I downloaded it because, hey: … Read more
There are lots of magazines that will claim to save you money, but Consumer Reports and its sister publication ShopSmart are the only ones I’ve found to regularly deliver on that promise. Other magazines “save you money” by loading themselves with coupons, mostly for stuff you don’t want. Consumer Reports saves you money by giving you the information you need to make wise … Read more
I went to Aldi today to do my grocery shopping. I tend to go there because they generally have good produce prices, and I like that they have limited selection. I’m one of those shoppers who likes limited selection because having too much to choose from just confuses me. Ideally, I would shop at the co-op or farmers market all … Read more
Two months to the day that I last wrote here. I’m still being cheap, but I haven’t been very motivated to write about it lately. In September, I had an extended viral illness that limited my ability to go couponing and that also motivated me to start writing fiction again as a way to entertain myself. As I often am … Read more
As mentioned in a previous entry, mid-month was the major curb-shopping event in my town. It’s also known as “hippie Christmas” because the curb and dumpsters offer so many gifts, and I’m okay with that name even though I’m not a hippie. Renters who hate the idea of throwing away perfectly good stuff but don’t have time to get to … Read more
Today has been a sucky day. I woke up with vertigo and it has gotten worse, and the Epley maneuver doesn’t seem to help today. It meant I couldn’t go to the library as planned to work, but I do still have to go to the radio station tonight because I couldn’t find a sub. And I couldn’t work on … Read more