Where I’ve been

Hello! Long time no post, I know. And in the meantime, there’s been… *gestures broadly* all of this stuff going on. I wanted to check in briefly to kind of let y’all know what’s up. Basically, when coronavirus started running rampant, I had a...

New year, new savings?

After weeks of an endless news cycle about the government shutdown and how many Americans live paycheck to paycheck, the neurotic money squirrel in me (you know, the one that gathers pennies instead of nuts…) was compelled to review our banking choices, savings,...

A quick note about this week

Good morning! Today heralds the beginning of Black Friday Week, and for many many (many many many) years that has meant another Big Prize Week here at Want Not. Even though I have been posting here less often for a while, I went ahead and ran one last year while I was...

Irma footnote

Hello! I’m alive! As is the rest of my family. Hooray! We just got power back after three days, and we still have a lot of clean-up to do, but I wanted to pop in and let y’all know I’m not dead and I’ll be back soonish. I hope everyone else is...

A quick note (not dead!)

I know posting has been verrrry sloooowwwww here lately, and I apologize. We were dealing with some family stuff, and right now we are in the middle of one of those storms which is predicted to grind life to a halt here in the south. My entire Facebook feed looks like...

The easiest way to do Toys For Tots

Once those Amazon toy clearance deals start (very soon… probably next week), longtime readers know I seize the opportunity to re-stock my gift closet with cheap finds. Some of it gets donated this year, but a lot of it I’ll just put away and pull out to...

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