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Comment on GO Month’s “Great Organizing Give Away” by NAPO

NAPO — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:22:25 +0000

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Comment on Do Coupons Really Save You Money? by Deb Lee

Deb Lee — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:40:18 +0000

The coupons you get with the Sunday paper are a great way to save money. They can also help you organize your meals for upcoming weeks. The one drawback is the time it takes to search for and clip the ones you will really use. I much prefer the instant gratification of online coupons.

Comment on Do Coupons Really Save You Money? by Lelah

Lelah — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:59:53 +0000

I like to keep an envelope of coupons clipped to my fridge next to my grocery list. It reminds me to look through them for any relevant ones as I’m taking my grocery list off the fridge to take to the store.

I think in order to truly save money with coupons, however, you have to use them mainly on items you would normally buy anyway. Often, if you switch brands in order to use the coupon, you don’t end up saving money over all.

Great post!

Comment on Do Coupons Really Save You Money? by Janet Barclay

Janet Barclay — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:23:45 +0000

I used to participate in coupon exchange clubs, where you could trade coupons you didn’t need for others you could use. I didn’t know whether such things still existed but apparently they do – http://consumereducation.suite101.com/article.cfm/trading_coupons_on_the_web

If you decide to get involved with this type of activity, you really have to be careful that it doesn’t take up so much of your time that it ends up offsetting any money you save!

Comment on Five Strategies to Reduce Book Clutter by Moderate Mouse

Moderate Mouse — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:12:50 +0000

Yeah, it is too easy for books to take up space over time. While I understand the theory of frequenting the library as is presented here, the problem is that library books have a time constraint on them. It seems that with a library book, if, for instant, you start off having time to read the book, but then something comes up that you must abandon the book, you may not get the whole thing finished before you run out of time and have to give it back. (And the number of times in which you can renew any one book are usually limited.)

One thing that has helped me was that I registered some of my books on http://www.bookcrossing.com. (You have to be a member of the site to register the books, but it doesn’t cost anything.) The way it works is that one registers a book to get an ID number on it, reads it (or not), and then either sends to someone else (a “controlled release”) or leaves it in a random public place (a “wild release”). Ideally, the next person to “find” the book will go to the site and leave a “journal entry” regarding the book’s whereabouts (though there’s no promises about that). Bookcrossing helped me get rid of books that I had already read and didn’t want anymore as well as give me incentive to read books that I had gotten at one time but hadn’t gotten around to reading so that, when I was done, I could let said books go for someone else to enjoy.

Nowadays, I buy or otherwise obtain books (preferably used) with the intent of having them on hand just long enough to read them before I “release” them. I even have a blog devoted to this project:

http://rabpia.blogspot.com/

The “rabpia” by the way (and is really RAB-PIA), stands for “Read A Book, Pass It Along.” If you happen to stop by, feel free to leave a note. I should warn you that it’s a relatively new blog, and there may be bugs that need to be worked out along the way. Also, I’ve tried googling it and have yet for it to appear in the search results, so that won’t work. Nonetheless, the blog’s open if you wish to stop by sometime.

Overall, I enjoyed reading this article. I hope you are having a good year so far.