Category: Money

In Retrospect

Having the week off and doing some shopping has given me a better perspective on what I do and my thoughts on leaving the profession which I was considering earlier this year. I'm very fortunate in not having to deal with demanding customers (or any for that matter), working on my own most of the … Continue reading In Retrospect →

A Weekend of Bargains!

I have to admit that last weekend was a bargain hunter’s dream. First of all, we went to free event that was held at our not-so-local Sport Chalet store in Huntington Beach. The event was promoting and sponsored by the Steamboat Resort in Colorado and everything, I mean everything, within the confines of the arbitrary … Continue reading A Weekend of Bargains! →

We Survived Coffeegeddon!

There have been a few scenarios in my life that couldn’t have been predicted by a psychic. The first scenario involved me being in a white Ford Econoline van with two practically complete strangers, driving up Highway 71 from Arkansas into Missouri looking for alcoholic beverages and girly magazines. Sound outlandish? Believe it or not, … Continue reading We Survived Coffeegeddon! →

Review: LG Optimus Elite for Virgin Mobile

You might recall a post I wrote in April in which I was debating whether to stick with Virgin Mobile or move on to T-Mobile since Virgin was going to make it practically impossible for users to avoid rate increases by implementing said increases upon the activation of any smartphone released after May 2012. I … Continue reading Review: LG Optimus Elite for Virgin Mobile →

$100 Bill, Y’all

A funny thing happened on the way to Radio Shack. On Tuesday, we got our Visa gift card from Verizon for subscribing to FiOS. The denomination isn’t important but let’s just say that it was sufficient for me to buy a new phone since I felt it was time to upgrade from my old Optimus … Continue reading $100 Bill, Y’all →