http://www.financialreflections.com/frugal-shopper/88 Personal Finance for those stuck in the middle. Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:32:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.financialreflections.com/frugal-shopper/88/comment-page-1#comment-1772 Four Things I’m Doing to Save Money This Week » Financial Reflections Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:58:37 +0000 http://www.financialreflections.com/frugal/frugal-shopper/#comment-1772 [...] impulse buys. I need to keep living my own advice about frugal shopping. I noticed small items just seem to land in my basket at the store — items I’m better [...] [...] impulse buys. I need to keep living my own advice about frugal shopping. I noticed small items just seem to land in my basket at the store — items I’m better [...]

]]> http://www.financialreflections.com/frugal-shopper/88/comment-page-1#comment-864 136 Tips for Saving Money in College : BlogInvest Sun, 13 May 2007 16:18:35 +0000 http://www.financialreflections.com/frugal/frugal-shopper/#comment-864 [...] Avoid plastic. Use cards for emergencies, or pay off purchases before they accrue interest. If you need one, here’s how to get a secured card. [...] [...] Avoid plastic. Use cards for emergencies, or pay off purchases before they accrue interest. If you need one, here’s how to get a secured card. [...]

]]> http://www.financialreflections.com/frugal-shopper/88/comment-page-1#comment-863 Mighty Bargain Hunter » Welcome to this week’s Festival of Frugality! Tue, 30 May 2006 05:41:25 +0000 http://www.financialreflections.com/frugal/frugal-shopper/#comment-863 [...] FinancialReflections presents Five Ways To Be A Frugal Shopper.  Some things to try in addition to the cheapskate grocery challenge! [...] [...] FinancialReflections presents Five Ways To Be A Frugal Shopper.  Some things to try in addition to the cheapskate grocery challenge! [...]

]]> http://www.financialreflections.com/frugal-shopper/88/comment-page-1#comment-862 Dave MacLeod Tue, 23 May 2006 17:57:23 +0000 http://www.financialreflections.com/frugal/frugal-shopper/#comment-862 Great to see my personal favourite in there (pay with cash). The other one I've found that works for me is, when there no imperative to have an item right now, I book the time in my calendar when I'm going to buy it - usually in two or three weeks time. By the time I get there the impulse has usually gone and I can delete the reminder. If I'm still not sure I move the reminder on a couple of weeks. It has almost totally stopped my impulse buying. Great to see my personal favourite in there (pay with cash). The other one I’ve found that works for me is, when there no imperative to have an item right now, I book the time in my calendar when I’m going to buy it – usually in two or three weeks time. By the time I get there the impulse has usually gone and I can delete the reminder. If I’m still not sure I move the reminder on a couple of weeks. It has almost totally stopped my impulse buying.

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