Archive for March 17th, 2009

Mar.17.2009

Is a Frugality Tip That Saves You a Quarter a Waste of Time? Some Notes on Economies of Scale

A recent comment by Mindy provided an interesting insight into how many people view frugality:
I know I’m a little late coming to this discussion but, unless I missed it among the large volume of comments, no one is counting the amount of time spent making stuff in order to save. The link to the laundry [...]

Mar.17.2009

Quality of Life and Consumer Spending

Recently, I read a fascinating comment from Sydney on SmartSpending (I added the bold myself):
I’ve never understood the unending supply of articles telling people to skip a cup of coffee or brown bag lunch just to save a few dollars. It helps, sure, but it won’t save you if you’ve made bad decisions on major [...]