Mary Hunt's Blog, page 286

Loss Leader Shopper

Maybe I've hit on an alternative method of grocery shopping. On Thursday, I returned home after three weeks of travel, to a fairly bare refrigerator, hungry husband and very little time ...

So, You're Getting a Tax Refund?

It's easy to see a tax refund as some kind of gift from the universe. It's not. It is a chunk of your paycheck you ...

My Crash Prep Secrets

The recent Southwest Airlines incident caught my attention. Big time. You may know that I travel a lot. What you probably don't know ...

Beat the High Cost of Gas

If for some reason a major crisis stopped the flow of gasoline into your community and every gasoline station shut down because they had no gas at all, you would survive. Your life would go on. As far as I can determine, no one has ever experienced death by gasoline shortage...

Shrinking Products? Uh ... Yes!

Shrinking grocery items is nothing new. Here at Debt-Proof Living we've been following and alerting readers for years to this sneaky method food retailers have of making us think... 

Got a Bike?

What if, on top of the gasoline, you also had to pay federal tax for each mile you drove your car? I know. Sounds outlandish. But honestly, it's not ...

Time to Build a Food "Hedge Fund"

If you're noticing higher food costs everywhere you look, here's the underlying reason―the world is consuming grains faster than farmers are growing them. That's draining reserves and pushing prices to ...

Here's What We Need to Do Today

No matter what you're going through today, I promise you it is wonderful compared to the suffering that so many are facing in Japan ... 

When One Thing Leads to Another

All I wanted were two shelves. Maybe three. Turning that laundry room closet into a pantry for canned goods and small appliances would ...

DPL Central Update

As you may know, DPL Central is located in Southern California, in the Long Beach area. The tsunami is scheduled to bring strong waves to our area ...