LivingAlmostLarge

Do you possessions own you or do you own your possessions?  Sounds like a simple question right?  But in truth it’s quite difficult.  Are your possessions important to you?  Do they define you?  Can you not live without them?
These are questions which would determine if you are ruled by your possessions.  But some would ask, [...]

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I read on the plane an article in the Economist about “Food Prices - Cheap No More“. Interestingly food prices had previously until this year been on the decline. The peak grocery prices hit actually in 1974.
And even now we’ve yet to reach those prices again. Yet prices this year have been trending up. Due [...]

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Well yesterday we discussed how difficult it can be to merge finances as a couple. It appears to be increasingly difficult as you get older. Even harder to navigate is whether to buy a house together. At around 30 whether you are single or not, it seems many people get bitten by [...]

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Woohoo. I paid off our 0% purchase from home depot yesterday. We had one year 0% interest free on the home depot CC for purchases made for our home 18 months ago. I finally paid it off today, it was due 4/22/07. I always pay it off about a month early [...]

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Got your attention? Well this is a major rant about people who think they will always make money on homes. It’s about my parents. I love them dearly but sometimes they can be the dumbest people alive. Super brilliant book smart, savers, but impulsive spendthrifts.
They are moving next month, but are desperate to buy a [...]

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I haven’t yet decided if Black Friday is worth it. I went out pretty early to get a few things when stored opened. They were mostly practical items I had been waiting for to go on sale and usually don’t. So it wasn’t a big deal. I really wanted a laptop computer, but the line [...]

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Okay so we went and got a couple of Wii this weekend, mainly because we really wanted one. But then we decided we put an ad on Craigslist and try to sell it. Well before we could respond we ended up selling the Wii’s for a tidy profit and not having any to [...]

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People have gone literally crazy this weekend buying a Wii or PS3. They have been waiting for a week for the PS3. One man was shot and robbed in Connecticut for his PS3. One may ran into a pole while they stampeded into Walmart to grab the PS3 off the shelves.
Of course [...]

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I always hassle with trying to buy airline tickets for a good price. Mostly because I’m always trying to make someone else happy. I got a great deal for hawaii at Christmas by flying somewhat awkward days of 19th to the 28th. But it was around $600, which is dirt cheap. Before when I’ve flown [...]

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