New Products for Eco Friendly Living: It's Not Easy Being Green (Yet)

Reusable water bottles: the hottest thing in eco friendly living.

We often investigate the connection between eco friendly living and the Metro Cheapo lifestyle. It’s what we do. For example, Shannon and I attended the recent Go Green Expo in Manhattan (with discounted tickets, of course – thanks Groupon!) Wandering through the numerous product displays [...]

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2010: The Year of (Almost) Free Fitness

An exact representation of our home gym. (Photo: bharat/Stock.xchg)

Goodbye, holiday consumer excess – hello diet and exercise! Now that the season of eggnog and gingerbread is behind us, millions of Americans are setting out for the gym, having resolved (again, perhaps) to get in shape. Just for this reason alone, January should officially be [...]

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How to Pack Your Lunch

Photo: mconnors/morguefile.

Brown-bagging your lunch, as opposed to buying it at a deli or restaurant, is one of the wisest moves you can make to save money. When I worked full time and bought my lunch occasionally, I’d spend at least seven or eight bucks on the most minimal of meals. Though I loved Pret [...]

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No More Excuses, You Can Do This! — A Cheapo Pep Talk

Welcome to Metro Cheapo’s first pep talk. We don’t live in a van down by the river, but we are here to motivate you, just the same. This pep talk is about addressing the excuses for bad financial behavior. (Urbanites tend to be spendthrifts, so we recognize the self-trickery all too well.)

There are plenty of [...]

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