Yankee 2.0

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• minimizing waste
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• Should I leave my local bank?

  A while ago, I posted about an offer I got in the mail that would give me $75.00 if I opened a Bank of America checking account. I planned to do it, and just pocket the $75.00 and go back to my smaller local bank. I finally got around to doing it today... Posted Aug 18 2009, 02:49 PM by Anne Cross with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: society, saving

• Peace of mind for $17.50 per month

  After lots of hemming and hawing, thinking and weighing, I decided to buy pet insurance for my new cat Jerome. He's young and healthy now, and he's an indoor cat, but most of my pets have had pricey health problems at some point in their lives... Posted Jul 31 2009, 06:43 AM by Anne Cross with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: society, saving

• What I'm doing differently

  There have been so many stories in the news, on blogs -- everyhwere -- about what people are doing differently in the midst of this "economic downturn," and lots of speculation about what habits will last and what will disappear once the economy... Posted May 19 2009, 07:11 AM by Anne Cross with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: consumption, society, budgeting, simplify, minimizing waste, saving

• Slow banking?

  Last night, 60 Minutes had a segment about how insecure the information is that we send across the Internet. The segment suggested that 30% of all computers in the US are infected with "malware" designed to steal our personal information. I... Posted Mar 30 2009, 07:06 PM by Anne Cross with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: society, saving