June 22, 2011
Now that the economic downturn has well set in and there's no booming recovery around the corner, it's a good moment to take stock of the little things that have changed. Ed, a dry cleaner in Brooklyn, says, "I'm seeing a lot more repairs, a lot more patches."...
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Consumers Getting Clothes Mended Instead Of Junking Them
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How to Improve Your Financial Willpower
i found this articile to be most intersting!! maybe a bit of help in attempting our start over...so i thought i would share it.
November 30, 2010, 12:03 pm
How to Improve Your Financial Willpower
By RAMIT SETHI New York Times
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Stigma Has Fallen Away For Thrift Stores, Store Brands, Layaways
November 8, 2010
The Goodwill store in this middle-class New York suburb is buzzing on a recent weekend afternoon. A steady flow of shoppers comb through racks filled with second-hand clothes, shoes, blankets and dishes.
A few years ago, opening a Goodwill store here wouldn't... -
12 Things To Stop Paying For and Start Doing Yourself To Save Money
November 13, 2010
In the last 30 years, there has been a tremendous “Wealthening” of America. Perhaps the greatest evidence of that is the huge growth in the service sector. Today, we pay other people to do many things that we used to just do ourselves just 3 decades ago.
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