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Adventures in Frugality

How to Commute to Work by Bike

by That One Caveman on May 20, 2009

For the last year, I’ve concentrated on riding my bike to work when the weather is nice. Gas may not be as expensive as it was when I first bought the bike, but biking to work still saves me money and I learned I enjoy riding my bike and the great exercise. I realize that [...]

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The Great Garden Experiment of 2009

by That One Caveman on April 17, 2009

After last year’s successful container garden, I decided to up the stakes and build a “real” garden in my back yard. Following in the footsteps of Get Rich Slowly’s J.D. and wife in tracking their garden’s production, I’ve decided to chronicle my experiment for you.
Before winter came, I measured out a 10′ by 10′ [...]

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Four Months Without Cable – Looking Back

by That One Caveman on April 3, 2009

Four months ago, we cut the cable TV and installed an antenna in our attic to catch the local over-the-air TV signals. I’m not saying it’s been easy to give up the extra channels (especially Food Network, Disney, Nickelodeon, TLC, HGTV, and USA), but we’ve adjusted and found many creative ways to fill any [...]

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One Week Without Cable – The Good and the Bad

by That One Caveman on December 2, 2008

One week ago this morning, Charter came out and blithely disconnected my cable TV service (and internet service, temporarily). The next evening, I made the final connections to serve the free over-the-air TV I was pulling from my new antenna to the TVs in the house. And thus our experiment began.
Immediately upon unplugging [...]

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Grocery Budget Experiment: Two Week Check-In

by That One Caveman on June 19, 2008

We’ve finally reached the two-week mark on our grocery budget experiment, so it’s time to check in and see how we’re progressing.
Last time, I mentioned how we were averaging $77 for food and groceries each week. (For the purposes of my experiment, I consider “food” to be any junk, fast, or pre-prepared meals and “grocery” [...]

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Grocery Budget Experiment: Save Money With a Meal Plan

by That One Caveman on June 18, 2008

“What do you want for dinner?”
“I don’t know. What do you want?”
“I picked last time; you have to pick.”
That is such a common exchange in our household… We have found that if we leave figuring out the day’s dinner until I get home from work, we’re not likely to decide on anything. [...]

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