by Mir | May 20, 2011 | Everyday Wisdom
If you’re new ’round here or still for some reason haven’t started your own gift closet, today I’m explaining how and why to do it over at Tree.com. Really, I couldn’t tell you the last time I had to buy a “last-minute gift.”...
by Mir | May 14, 2011 | Everyday Wisdom, Quick Tips
Earlier this week I revealed my secrets of price-stalking deals at Amazon over at Tree.com. Y’all are such good shoppers, I doubt you’ll find it terribly earth-shattering, but come on over and take a look if you want to make sure you’re not missing...
by Mir | May 5, 2011 | Everyday Wisdom, Groceries, Quick Tips
Did you hear that…? It was the sound of me pinching a penny so hard, they heard it all the way over at Tree.com! The rest, as they say, is history—starting this week, I am now a featured contributor to their Money & Finance Channel, debuting with this...
by Mir | Nov 15, 2010 | Contests, Everyday Wisdom
Four and a half years ago, I started Want Not after several friends convinced me that my ability to squeeze blood from a stone when it came to spending was something I should be sharing with the world. Back then, in my very first post, I said—among other...
by Mir | Nov 11, 2010 | Everyday Wisdom, Questions Answered
Several of you have emailed me about yesterday’s dust-up surrounding the discovery that Amazon is carrying a self-published Kindle book about pedophilia, and Amazon’s subsequent refusal to pull the book from its library. I was emailing folks back one by...
by Mir | Aug 30, 2010 | Everyday Wisdom, Questions Answered
The lovely Crista writes: My husband’s brother and his wife had their first baby this year. Hubby and I are thinking ahead to Christmas and we know it’s going to be a toy orgy. The parents can afford to get the kid whatever they want, and she is the first...