It’s the time of year when lists are made forecasting the rise and fall of household expenses, big and small. Accordingly, it …
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Truly Last-Minute Holiday Shopping Options for Deal Hunters – Or the Merely Desperate
Don’t feel down that it’s December 24 and you still have shopping to do. There are plenty of quick and easy options to consider—and you may even be rewarded for waiting so long.
The Secret Life of a Government Inflation Agent
The next time you’re at the mall, the supermarket, or perhaps even a used car lot, you might run across a shopper meticulously taking note of the prices of everything from Red Delicious apples to women’s undergarments. This …
So About That ‘Unavoidable Bacon Shortage’? You Can Stop Freaking Out Now
Aporkalypse! Baconpocalyse! Bacon-geddon! “Pig out” now! The news that a global shortage of bacon and pork products is “unavoidable” has been met with mass hysteria, albeit mostly the ironic kind. But will there be an actual …
Is Summer the Season for Stockpiling Beer?
The world’s largest beer company recently confirmed that it’ll jack up prices on American beer drinkers this fall—just like it did last fall, and the fall before that. Do you detect a pattern? And do you think the pattern …
Eye-Opening Good News: Coffee Prices Drop — Could Bacon Soon Follow?
Online Shopping Guide to Geek Chic
How much of a premium are you willing to shell out for something as cool as a Star Trek Enterprise Pizza Cutter?
Is It Time to Start Stockpiling Bacon?
Pigging out is getting more expensive. Last fall, the retail price of bacon hit an all-time high of $4.77 a pound. Some are now forecasting that the B in BLT could soar to $6 a pound in the coming months, tragically coinciding …
How to Feed a 205-Pound Man on $25 a Week
Kristen Swensson, the writer in charge of the Cheap Healthy Good blog, recently got through a week in which she cooked all of her fiance’s meals with a total budget of $24.99. The hardest parts for the 205-pound man at the center of the experiment: no beer (!), and no bacon (!#@!). He also had to do the dishes.
