Throwback Thursday: The Cost of Buying a Washer/Dryer from Sears Outlet When Six (then Seven) Months Pregnant

It’s very clear that this dryer will not be arriving within the next week, or maybe month, and certainly not without continued time and effort on my part.

Throwback Thursday: Impress Your Loved Ones With a Ham

Ham looks hard but is actually quite easy. And cheap.

Throwback Thursday: My No-Purchase November Adventure

After about a week of buying nothing, I began to feel slightly anxious.

Throwback Thursday: Which Halloween Candy Is the Most Expensive?

Tootsie Child’s Play Candy Assortment, aka “stop pretending Tootsie Rolls are chocolate, you aren’t fooling anybody:” $8.98 for an unstated number of candies, or 15 cents per ounce.

Throwback Thursday: 9 Money-Saving Tips From My Mom

Why spend money on lunch? Costco has copious free samples.

Throwback Thursday: In Defense of Cheap Toilet Paper

It will never be valuable to me to put even a few dollars more toward name-brand TP.

Throwback Thursday: Crystal Cleansing With the $10 Psychic

The reason I knew about the storefront psychic Miss Patricia was because she had once offended my friend.

Throwback Thursday: Generic Products I’ll Never Waste Money on Again

It’s an extra dollar for the blue box. That proprietary blend of artificial cheese flavors just can’t be beat.

Throwback Thursday: If Disney Princesses Were Debt Types

Which Disney Princess debt type are you?

Throwback Thursday: What I’ve Spent Since I Got My Keys Back From My Ex-Boyfriend

I didn’t realize that getting the keys to my apartment back from the guy who told me he was moving to Germany, then broke up with me, would be more painful than, well, that.