My husband, Guy, and I will be on Think at 7:30 tonight on KERA (Channel 13) talking about our pledge to buy nothing new for 2009. The taped program runs again at 11:30 a.m. Sunday. The 7-minute interview was not...
Part of the fun of buying vintage clothing is imagining the history behind the items. Sometimes, though, you don't have to imagine. I bought this white leather coat a year ago at Dolly Python in east Dallas and wondered about...
Staff writer Dan X. McGraw reports: Sure you can buy goods made out of recycled material, but why wait for someone to produce those goods? Pick through the trash yourself! That's what Craig Tiritilli and Salah Boukadoum do at their...
A reader just sent this link for a free bottle of Suave shampoo. The giveaway is for today only. Thanks for the tip, Jill!...
My husband, Guy, and I challenged ourselves to spend no more than $100 on food this month as part of a year-long pledge to be frugal -- an effort we wrote about in this report. Here's an update on the...
Nu2Texas responded to an earlier post about my family's pledge to buy nothing new in 2009 with a question about furniture consignment shops. I intend to explore furniture shops this year since we need a new chair in the living...
My husband, Guy, and I are 12 days into our pledge to buy nothing new in 2009 other than food, toiletries and some home improvement items. We did this two years ago and it changed some of our consumer habits....
I heard an essay on NPR this week arguing that frugality is hampering the U.S. economy. I'm curious what my fellow Dollar Wise readers and bloggers think about this thesis. The idea is, people who haven't lost anything financially, yet...
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