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Cheapo Challenge: Soda Drinks

Metro Cheapo — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:08:11 +0000

I'm feeling thirsty. (Photo courtesy of SodaStream)

I am addicted to seltzer but hate buying soda drinks in economically correct 2-liter bottles. The stuff always seems to go flat after a few drinks, and I’m left with a giant plastic bottle that I suspect will end up floating onto a pristine beach in Cozumel. That’s [...]

Cheapo Challenge: How “Fancy” Is Your Cat?

Metro Cheapo — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:52:05 +0000

Look at our beloved Sweet Pea, all dolled-up and “fancy” in this photo. She’s a good sport but I must admit, at that moment she was one miserable feline. Sweet Pea adores being frisky. Fancy? Not so much.

Sweet Pea and her daughter Daisy (our other cat) have been raised primarily on dry cat food, along [...]

Cheapo Challenge: Doing Laundry

Metro Cheapo — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:22:30 +0000

Welcome to my nightmare. (Photo: gregparis/Morguefile)

The second in a series of Cheapo Challenges: comparing the most expensive/convenient way of doing something with the least expensive.

Aside from moving to a new apartment, doing the laundry is my least favorite activity in the world. It is invariably a hassle: finding time, usually two hours or more, [...]

Cheapo Challenge: Coffee

Metro Cheapo — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:43:27 +0000

So many choices, so many ways to save money.

The first in a series of Cheapo Challenges: comparing the most expensive/convenient way of doing something with the least expensive.

I know quite a few New Yorkers who would rather give up their most treasured possessions than forgo their morning Starbucks run. They clutch their [...]