Checking In With My Groceries vs. Toiletries Project
Remember how I said I was going to separate out grocery and household/toiletry spending in 2018?
Want, Need, Wear, Read: How a Simple Saying Helps Me Keep My Holiday Spending Under Control
I allot around $50–75 to each category, for a total of $200–300 per kid.
Yesterday Was the Biggest Online Shopping Day in U.S. History
Did you make an online purchase on Cyber Monday?
How Mall Kiosk Workers Do Money
And how they sell you stuff you didn’t know you wanted.
Are Workplaces Destroying Leisure By Keeping Us Out of Shopping Centers?
I have so many thoughts on this, starting with “shopping is also work.”
Hot Boredom, or Why Trying to Save Money Sometimes Causes Me to Spend More
Buying something because you’re tired of asking yourself whether you should buy it.
Getting What You Pay For
My MacBook was more expensive, but it’s outlasted my parents’ discount laptops.
My Mother, the Clearance Queen
How my mother’s shopping philosophies shaped my spending habits.