Pros & Cons of Dropping Your Landline
November 14, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under saving money
This morning at 8:30 am my home phone rang. My suspicions were true. It was a telemarketer. Until recently, my husband and I hadn’t had a landline in about four years. With each call I wonder why I have a home phone, so today I’m exploring the pros and cons of having a landline.
1) Landlines have 911 tracing to your home which provides extra protection and security. This is a main reason why people with children have a landline. Some cell phone provide tracking.
2) You can call your cell phone when you misplace it. When I only had a cell …read more
How to Cut Down Your Christmas Gift List
September 28, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under Christmas, Holiday Thrift, Seasonal Savings, gifts, holidays, money saving idea, saving money
Earlier this week, I posted about some ways to cut out some of your Christmas expenses. One of the ways listed was to cut down your Christmas gift list. It’s simply not necessary to buy for every aunt, uncle, and cousin. That’s not what Christmas is about anyway.
Tiffany from Stuff Parents Need commented with a great question.
Do you have any tips for how to tactfully remove people from your list? We have a few aunts and uncles that I’d like to stop buying presents for, not because I don’t love them, but because I think us continuing to exchange presents is …read more
