Posts Tagged ‘save a buck’
Tip #154: Get Billed
Retirement Yenta is on a Save-a-Buck Campaign! She has recently found out that she can request an itemized hospital bill. This will keep the hoodlum’s in charge of billing at the hospital honest. You can bet your Tuchas that this little Yenta will be checking on every cotton swab she is charged for, if…G-d forbid, she ends up in a hospital. Retirement Yenta says: Save a Buck if you are down in the hospital, with no luck. Get your bill itemized!
Tip #153: Clean Your Bookshelves
Retirement Yenta is all about becoming more Zen and living with fewer possessions. Books have a tendency to collect on your bookshelves and then, once read, they begin to collect dust. Your dear Yenta has a new solution for you! Sell your books at www.cash4books.net or www.sellbackyourbook.com. It’s simple enough–all you have to do is type in ISBN numbers and they will give you an offer. This little Yenta says: Sell ya books, not only will you sell a book, you will make a buck!
Tip #152: Learn Something New
Retirement Yenta believes that learning is a life-long process. She also believes that learning new things will keep the ol’noggin working like a well-oiled machine. This is why your dear Yenta is trying her best to learn to speak the language of Espagna! AND, as you know, dear Readers, this little Yenta likes to save a buck. So, with this in mind, Retirement Yenta would like to recommend free college classes to you. You can take classes from Yale, MIT, and other schools. Visit www.education-portal.com and click on “Open Course Ware” for a list of offerings!
Tip #149: Delay Retirement
Retirement Yenta realizes that she has given advice to retire sooner rather than later. Well, this little Yenta (like any other sheine Maidel) has the right to change her mind. Recently, Retirement Yenta has enjoyed her work so much, she doesn’t know what she would do without it. Every project that crosses her desk is better than the last. Oy Gevalt! What’s a Yenta to do? This little Yenta has decided to enjoy herself in her work and stay in the race a little longer. Retirement Yenta says: If you love your work (and only if you do), stay on the job. It’s better than the flu.
Tip #147: Save a Buck, Go on Vacation
Oy, Gevalt! The heat we’ve been having! Retirement Yenta loves warm weather, but the global warming we’re having can make a hot flash seem even hotter. I’m shvitzing here. This reminds your dear Yenta of a groys shmir (big deal) she thought she would pass along to you, her dear Readers. Go on vacation in June–the prices, how cheap they are. Retirement Yenta says: With the weather changing and heating up, go on vacation early and save a buck.
Tip #144: Become a Conversation Partner
Retirement Yenta is trying her best to learn Spanish. Oy veh! (¡Veh de Oy!) It’s hard to learn a language later in life! With this in mind, your dear Yenta was going to recommend you hire a conversation partner to practice speaking Spanish with. But, then she remembered how much she likes to save a buck, and she had a GREAT idea. Retirement Yenta recommends you become a conversation partner! You can trade conversation partnering with a Spanish speaking person who is learning English. This a great service to provide to someone learning your mother tongue, and you will get something out of it too. Now, keep in mind, dear Readers, you will need to choose someone who speaks the language you are trying to learn! Spanish speakers will not make good conversation partners if you are trying to learn Mandarin Chinese (unless they actually speak Mandarin)!
Tip #141: Thread Up Your Clothing
As you may well know, dear Readers, Retirement Yenta loves to save a buck. She recently returned from the tailor, where she picked up a newly mended sweater. This was one of her favorite cashmere cardigans, black with tan leather shoulder patches. When holes appeared in the elbows, your dear Yenta could not imagine parting ways with this dear cashmere. At first, she started kvetching then she remembered the tailor. Now, her dear cashmere has elbows a-patched with tan leather. This little patch job made the sweater go from gross to good-n-stylish, practically overnight. Retirement Yenta says: “If your clothing is dear, keep your tailor near, that way, you have nothing to fear!”
Tip # 132: Learn to Paint
Retirement Yenta knows that you are going to have some time on your hands when you leave the workforce. She recently had a lot of time off for Passover and spent the time “practicing for her impending retirement.” During all this practice, your dear Yenta got to thinking about all the projects she would like to do in her Miami Beach home. She noticed that it was time to paint (no, we’re not talking about painting like Bob Ross and his happy trees…we’re talking about painting the walls), and instead of hiring someone to come in and do it for her, this little Yenta thought she could save a buck by doing it herself. Now, it being the Passover and all, she was just pondering…no painting was done. BUT, once she’s retired, you can bet your tuchas she’s going to be doing the work herself. ANNND, once she’s really good at it, she might even make a buck or two painting for her friends and neighbors! Retirement Yenta says: Painting projects are a proven path to passing time!
Tip #131: Buy Uggs!
During a recent jaunt down memory lane, Retirement Yenta, while re-sharing her good advice on renting audio books, remembered posting about wearing sensible shoes (See Tip #116). As you may well know, your dear Yenta LOVES a good deal and knows how to save a buck. This is the time of year when this little Yenta shops for her winter boots. The spring is coming, and the stores are putting out their sandals. In order for the stores to make room for these strappy, toe-showing models, they have to mark down their winter goods. This Yenta loves her Uggs. They are warm, cozy, and soft, and not only that, they’ve got good grip. So when it’s cold and icy out, and your neighbors are slipping and sliding, you will be nice and toasty, and upright. Retirement Yenta says: Buy Uggs, so you don’t fall and say ugh.
