Accepting the Challenge...

I haven't been paying much attention to the blogosphere lately, but JD over at Get Rich Slowly mentioned that Ramit Sethi's blog I Will Teach You To Be Rich has offered a challange to save $1,000 in 30 days.

Wow! That's a lot of links for this little blog. While I'm on a roll, here's the actual announcement of Sethi's challenge:



Every day this month, Sethi's posting a tip on how to save $1000 this November. His first two tips were:

1.) Pack a lunch
2.) Turn the thermostat down 3 degrees.

Luckily, my GF and I spent Saturday cooking, both to eat healthier and to pair down on my rampant eating out. So, #1... done! #2? We've already got the thermostat pretty low, and I'm not going to turn it down lower, but with winter coming I went out and bought plastic sheeting for our windows, and then borrowed a hair dryer from a friend to install the sheeting.

Here's a cute commercial from the 80s on how install the sheeting!



Today's tip was to sell something, and I have just the thing! I own one of those Oral B Triumph toothbrushes, and I hate it. I'm putting it on eBay tomorrow.