It’s all over the Internet. Nordstrom is selling dirty jeans for $425. $425 for dirty jeans?! Are you sh*tting me? I heard of fake news, fake IDs, and even fake food. But now we have fake clothing? A company called PRPS manufactures the jeans. They’re 100% cotton with a “caked-on muddy coating that shows you’re …
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Mr. Groovy and I retired back in October of 2016. After six months we’re still finding our way but so far, the trip is awesome. I’m happy to report my need for daily naps has abated and I finally began my piano lessons again. Mr. G just recently acquired his safety vest, camera harness, and …
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Up until five years ago, Mr. Groovy and I were the ultimate chumps. We rented a storage unit. We could not fit the entirety of our stuff into a 2,000 square foot home with an attic and a two car garage. No, we paid $60+ a month for the luxury of a temperature controlled 10 …
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Michael Srinivasan, who writes over at Stretch A Dime, gave me a copy of High School Money Hacks which he co-authored with Kyle Davis. He requested a book review and I immediately agreed. Then I suddenly panicked and went into severe nail biting mode. “What if it stinks?” I thought. Well, I wasted a perfectly …
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You’d think someone would have forewarned me. But no-o-o-o. With all the yapping about FIRE, quitting the nine to five rut and retiring early, surely someone would have mentioned these things. But wouldn’t you know, it took me three months to uncover a few nasty truths about retirement. So I’m personally going to share with …
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