Monthly Archives: June 2008

258,000 Miles and Counting on my Nissan Pathfinder

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My 1996 Nissan Pathfinder has been a faithful and loyal friend for the past 6 years. It was six years old when we bought it, when we first moved out here. It had 78,000 miles on it when we bought it. It now has 258,000. We put an average of 30,000 miles a year onto this vehicle since we've had it. I researched vehicles when we were moving out here. We needed something that would haul our family of four… Read the rest

5 Years Worth of Deodorant – Only $5 Bucks

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How much do you spend on deodorant and/or anti-perspirant each year? First of all, do you know that anti-perspirant is actually bad to use? I don't remember there ever being a time when I wasn't looking for deodorant and avoiding anti-perspirant. Nowadays I don't have to look too hard, since I use a deodorant stone. This is the one I've been using for the past FIVE YEARS. I use it daily, and it has slowly dwindled down to a small… Read the rest

A Truly Frugal Person…

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I was reading over at Megan's A Dollar A Day blog the other day, and she asked the question, “How frugal is too frugal?” Good question. She's right, everyone has their limits, and we certainly have different ideas about what we should be frugal on. Megan mentioned dumpster diving – which we have done in the past, when we lived in the mobile home park. The things we would find in the garbage that were perfectly good. One time we… Read the rest

I’ve Got to Replace That Couch

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Dorian over at The Personal Financier got me thinking with his recent post about the time and money and effort that goes into creating the perfect home. I've never had much desire to “decorate”. I guess that's a good thing because I have never had a lot of money for decorating. Or, maybe that's WHY I don't have much desire since I wouldn't want to go into debt for that purpose. I admire beautifully decorated homes, and I even feel… Read the rest