Archive for September, 2008
Youngsters saving money.
Keeping up with our super frugal 3 month plan is not going to be easy. Not after my cell phone bill (I’ve been in 4 different countries last month), the TV crash, the vaccuum death, the school year starting (I’m on language school for both French and German and Eric and I are getting this [...]
Meet the Budgeters!
The no-spend end of the year
(Click here to know more about our plan)
Day 1 - 93 to go
Money spent today:
2.59€ (3.73$) on two bags of sliced bread and 4 packets of Frankfurt sausages.
Money spent so far:
2.59€ (3.73$)
Link of the day:
Young couple finances - The Dollar Stretcher
No spend months ahead
As we told you yesterday we want to see how (good or bad) we can manage spending only little money to live until the end of the year. How? Only spending the set amount. As Gràcia is working from home we only need one car. I do only 20 Km (13 miles) a day, so [...]
Saving is hard… is it? We’ve got a challenge.
Well, we all know we’re in difficult times in terms of economy. There’s a bank going broke (that sounds just too funny considering how serious it is) every day.
We’re lucky enough to not have a mortgage to pay, so for us is not so bad. BUT we dream about our future mortgage. The one we’ll [...]
Green your whites
But not only your whites, all of your laundry. We found this article in Planet Green and we inmediately wanted to share it with you to prove how easy it can be to green those laundry days. Make sure you check their website since they give lots of info and tips on this. We just want to focus on the numbers [...]
Our Quirks
Over at This Young House they were asking about the quirks that every house has.
Well, here is the one we had to deal with:
That’s our home. Our beloved apartment. And can you see the shape of our living/dining room? Well, the floorplan is not exactly like the real thing. Trust me when I say they drew [...]
Save a tree
The other day we went to Barcelona to get me a new passport and on the way back home we stopped at Ikea, the same one where we bought almost everything we call home. We picked some stuff we needed (wanted?) and as we passed through the plant section I decided to have a look [...]
Bargains around our home
Of course, of course, we know that any DIY project is cheaper than buying anything new (and more eco friendly!) but when we were forced to get almost everything we own from Ikea (more on why and how in future posts) we felt we needed a few nice things to change the looks a bit. [...]
Are eco products really that eco?
For a while we’ve been seeing all kinds of products and ideas intended to help us “green” our lives. Some we like, some we’re not so sure.
For example, I’m in love with my Mooncup and I’ll always and forever take navy showers (was there ever any other way?). But then there are all these gadgets that [...]
Should a home look like a museum?
Well, the obvious answer is no. But can we all say that we’ve never aspired to it?
A while ago I saw a house tour in Apartment Therapy that I really liked. It was Greg and Laura’s bungalow and it was a really nice place. But the thing I liked most about it was its functionality. As [...]
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