The Frugal 1,600 Euro Notebook

This frugal €1,600 notebook lasted me through university

Easily one of my favourite posts by the infamous early retiree Mr. Money Mustache is one in which he explains the difference between being frugal and being cheap. What is considered frugal by some is indeed deemed inconceivably cheap by others and vice versa. Now, I consider myself to be a pretty frugal person and a lot of people actually qualify me as cheap, but you know what’s really weird? I consider those people to be cheap!

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How I Outsmarted the Telecom Company and You Can Too

How I Outsmarted the Telecom Company and You Can Too

Telecommunications corporations, don’t we all love them? They provide us the means to connect to anyone we want, anywhere we want, anytime we want. In return they only charge you an arm and leg’s worth of your hard-earned cash each month. But forewarned is forearmed, so I made sure not to fall for their ‘lucrative’ pricing plans and bundle ‘value’ bonanza when I entered the store earlier today to order a broadband connection for my new apartment.

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