trimming expenses

    By Tom Barlow

    | 11:00AM 7/22/2010
    One unanswered question posed by this recession is, will we return to our previous buying habits once we believe that it is over? A new Harris poll does nothing to clarify it for us, because it shows that we continue to look for more frugal alternatives in our day-to-day spending. One way we are...

    By Tom Barlow

    | 11:00AM 3/04/2009
    Earlier this week Oprah Winfrey devoted a show to the question "What can you live without?" Two families agreed to carry out an experiment for the show, living for a week without shopping, spending, or wasting anything. Her question resonated with me. What could I live without? A car? Since I...