Archive for August, 2010
Top Affordable Halloween Costumes for 2010
The following list completely ignores all of the typical Halloween costumes like vampires, those go without saying, rather, this list is aimed more at the trend of dressing up like somebody famous or recently made famous. Every year there seems to be a new batch of celebs thanks to politics, reality shows, and balloon boy [...]
Should You Snake Your Clogged Drain or Use Drano Products?
While pouring a bottle of Drano down your drain is probably easier, it’s definitely more expensive and will likely have to be down again after a few months. Generally, most people experience problems in their shower with draining problems from hair and God know what else, and the some what lazy solution is to buy [...]
Use a Cheap Candle Warmer for a Coffee Mug Warmer
Awhile back, I looked everywhere for a coffee cup warmer because I cant stand when my coffee gets cold at work. I was tired of pouring cold coffee down the drain or getting a buzz by slamming the cup before it chilled. After looking everywhere for a coffee mug warmer, I finally just settled on [...]
Should You Switch Electricity Providers from BGE to Dominion?
If you live in Maryland, you likely received a promotional letter from Dominion Retail urging you to switch electricity providers from BGE to them. If your like me, the letter and whole setup is a little confusing. Apparently, if you switch to Dominion, all this really means is they will “arrange” the supply of electricity [...]
Increase the Life Of Your Dress Shirts with Metal Collar Stays
For those of you that have to wear a button up shirt to work everyday, metal collar stays is must have item to expand the life of your shirts and keep you looking good. Generally, all button up shirts come with plastic collar stays, which mysteriously get eaten by the washing machine. When the shirt [...]
DIY: How to Change the Oil in Your Car
I think there are a number of reasons why changing your oil yourself is worth the time and money. For one, the quality of oil and filter that you can buy when you change the oil yourself will be of higher quality than a place near your charging about $20 for an oil change. There’s [...]
Its Fantasy Football Time, Is it Worth the Money?
As football preseason begins with much disgust to many wives out there, football fans around the country are now starting to strategize for their upcoming fantasy football draft. Most leagues, as everyone is well aware, usually require some sort of buy in, which usually goes to a fund for the winners and to pay for [...]
Save Money on Men’s Dress Shirts by Paying More
It does actually pain me a little bit to write an article about spending more as an attempt to actually save yourself money in the long run. Usually, I will fight this notion, but when it comes to men’s dress shirts, I have found through experience, that it really does make much more sense to [...]
How to Avoid Maryland’s E-ZPass Monthly Fee
Recently, Maryland started charging a monthly “maintenance” fee to hold an E-ZPass of $1.50/month. I know, $1.50 per month isn’t that much, but consider this fee for the commuter who rarely even uses the E-ZPass. For a total of $18 year, many E-ZPass holders find themselves barely even paying $18 in actual tolls for the [...]
Payback: List of Fees Customers should be able to Charge Businesses
MYM Fee: If I go to the ATM and it’s out of order, the bank owes me $2.75
MYM Fee: If I choose to print a ticket from my computer with my paper and ink, then Ticketmaster owes me a $5.00 processing fee.
MYM Fee: If I bring my own carry on luggage on a flight, put all of [...]
Free Ways and Applications to Get the Most from Your BlackBerry
Do you own a BlackBerry and feel like you should be milking it for more than just sending text messages/emails and making phone calls? Well if you don’t, then what are you lugging around that clunker for anyways?
The first thing I would recommend for BlackBerry users is to purchase a Flash memory card (micro SDHC). The [...]
Shop Online for Sports Memorabilia Gifts
As a big Minnesota sports fan, I often get presents from friends and family of logo filled memorabilia and as lame is it sounds, I love it. It seems like now, most sports memorabilia can really set you back financially. For example, a jersey can cost well over $100 and mug or shot glass at the [...]
Do You Know How Much Your Friends Make?
I think it is natural to pretend you don’t care how much your friends make, but really find your self curious to find out. I have never fully understood why people treat their salaries like a secret vote on a hotly polarizing issue. While I do understand why some people are just not comfortable letting [...]
Ways to Increase Your Savings Account
It wasn’t long ago when we were writing about the horrible savings habits of U.S. households. Only a few years ago, the personal savings rate bottomed at less than 1%, meaning that Americans were saving less than 1% of what their take home pay was. Now, the personal savings rate is higher than it has [...]
