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24 Fun Things To Do In An Elevator…

24 Fun Things To Do In An Elevator…

1. Grimace painfully while smacking your forehead and muttering: “Shut up, dammit, all of you just shut UP!”

2. Whistle the first seven notes of “It’s a Small World” incessantly.

3. Crack open your briefcase or purse, and while peering inside ask: “Got enough air in there?”

4. Offer name tags to everyone getting on the elevator. Wear yours upside-down.
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Grocery Shopping for the Cheap and Lazy

Found this article on Wise Bread, it’s an interesting response to 5 Ways to Cut Your Grocery Bill :

Grocery Shopping for the Cheap and Lazy

Posted August 6, 2008 - 13:10 by Andrea Dickson | Filed Under: Lifestyle, Food and Drink, Budgeting

Photo: Groceries

With all due respect to my fellow Wise Bread bloggers, I hate grocery shopping. I also hate making lists. I loathe budgets and I despise meal planning. Working out a menu for the week makes me want to stab a chopstick through my eye. In short, most tips for saving money on groceries either don’t apply to me, or I don’t want them to apply to me.

Nothing is more depressing than sauteeing up a bunch of veggies and chicken and then packing 3/4 of it into Tupperware for the next few days’ lunches. I’m sure some people handle this with aplomb, but I don’t. Since I don’t have a partner or children, I’m just not inclined to make meals a very central part of my day. I’ve got other stuff to do - work, hobbies, exercising, travel… it’s rare that I want to take time to plan meals. I’m busy, I’m single, and I’m incredibly lazy.

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5 Ways to Cut Your Grocery Bill

Found this article on Wise Bread, it’s good advice for how to shop on a budget:

5 Ways to Cut Your Grocery Bill

Posted August 5, 2008 - 17:08 by Kate Luther | Filed Under: Frugal Living, Shopping, Food and Drink, Budgeting

If you’re like me, a trip to the store for a loaf of bread or a gallon of milk can easily run $30 to $40 bucks. Has inflation just really gone up in my neck of the woods? No… I just always seem to find other things I need.

But now that we’ve moved to the country - and I mean, really out in the country - running to the store is more than just a quick jaunt around the corner. In fact, going to the grocery store means “going into town” and that’s somewhat of an event all by itself.

So, to save on gas and to avoid multiple trips to the store, I decided to rethink the way I shopped. Here’s five easy ways to cut your grocery bill and get the most from your shopping trip:

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If Architects Had to Work Like Web Designers

I found this article on Google Groups.
This is a great article because this is exactly the attitude that people give Web Design. They just assume that it can be done. I Love this analogy! :grin:

If Architects Had to Work Like Web Designers

Please design and build me a house. I am not quite sure of what I need, so you should use your discretion. My house should have somewhere between two and forty-five bedrooms. Just make sure the plans are such that the bedrooms can be easily added or deleted. When you bring the blueprints to me, I will make the final decision of what I want. Also, bring me the cost breakdown for each configuration so that I can arbitrarily pick one. (Read the article)

Wise Bread: Money Metaphors

Found this article on Wise Bread, it’s an interesting way to look at money:

Money Metaphors (You wouldn’t punch a kitten, would you?)

Posted April 10, 2007 - 19:49 by Andrea Dickson | Filed Under: Personal Finance, Extra Commentary

That’s My Money!

My boyfriend and I occasionally (at least weekly) argue over money. I like to spend it, he likes to save it. We have fundamentally different ways of looking at money. He carefully researches purchases and buys high quality goods. I like to buy the first thing that catches my eye. He spends money when he has some extra to burn on things he needs, I spend money to make myself feel better, regardless of whether I have the actual cash to blow.

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