Those living in the USA will want to sign up for Google Voice and T Mobile service.  Using the number Google Voice assigns as your T Mobile My Fav number, all your calls incoming and outgoing will be completely free.

Any call to your Google Voice number will ring your cell phone under your Google Voice number.  By assigning this as your My Fav number with T Mobile these incoming calls will be free. 

This gets even better.  You can call your Google Voice number, assigned as your My Fav number and call any number in the USA for free.  When you dial your Google Voice number from a phone on your Voice account, you either listen to voice mail or press 2 to dial a call.  By pressing 2 you can dial any USA number and connect for free!  Or you can also use this to dial any international number and pay minimal fees! 

This service will be coming soon to the iPhone and is already available for the G Phone.  Google Voice plus T-Mobile will equal extremely cheap calling and allow you to take the cheapest plan with My Favs.

Why I don’t own a car
1) I travel often: I’ve found trying to travel overseas and between cities is more unpractical with a car.  Try parking driving in New York City, it’s a pain.  Rather getting around by bike and public transport is the easiest option for me.  It causes less headaches.
2) No fixed place to live: I travel, alot.  Due to this it doesn’t seem feasible to own a car.  I have nowhere to store it considering I have no fixed location to live.
3) I like public transport: Sure you are restricted by public transport and have no flexibility, but still I somehow enjoy getting around from transport to transport.  Sure it’s a challenge in the USA, but in Europe it’s easy.

Reasons Not To Own a Car
Besides or the reasons I don’t own a car as mentioned above, there are plenty of reasons not to own a car.
1) Socialness – It’s a way to get out and see the world.  Slower, but you are around more people and I have a tendency to make more friends taking the “slow” route than driving alone in my car.
2) The Environment – You might try to set an example, showing that you can make a better impact on the environment.
3) Cost - If you can get by without a car, why buy one?  The amount of cash you save is a lot even with the occasional taxi.  No gas to buy, no insurance, no costs to fix your car and no depreciation costs from owning a car a long time.

I realize not everyone can get around without a car.  Many places in the USA simply were not built with pedestrians in mind.  Other times, public transport simply isn’t safe enough.

I’m only hoping that by the time I do decide to finally purchase a car that electric gas plugins are more prevelant (something I’d consider purchasing).

My Current Wheels (though mine is orange)

Travel to Vegas?  Vegas right now, thanks to an employment rate of over 8% offers some of the cheapest hotel rates ever.  Try $21 a night for, ok a 2 star place, but still, fights are cheap, room rate have dropped, and anyone is ready to go above and beyond to get your cash.

Great time to buy? It certainly is.  Car dealerships are ready to make great deals on cars that they are already having a hard time selling (don’t be afraid to bargain hard).   Going out to eat? I’ve never seen a better time to get smooth deals.  Even my haircutter is giving $4 off coupons.

For those who can’t afford a bill, say cable, I’ve actually hard a great idea is to tell the cable company you can’t afford the full amount and unless they offer you a discount of say, half, you will have to cut the chord (most of the time they are willing to negotiate a better deal, rather than lose you altogether).

Best Deal in February?
February is the time when stores sell of their older models for less, to make way for the new ones.  If you don’t mind having a slightly older model, you can usually find a great deal on everything from electronics, to furniture, to year old cars.

Why Should We Be Eliminating Phantom Power Devices?
When added as a whole these small power consumptions may just add another $3 onto your total bill without even thinking about it. Let’s say you have 12 devices around your house using 3 watts per hour.  Now you’ve got 36 watts every hour, something which totals an entire kilowatt nearly everyday.

How to Start Eliminating Phantom Power Devices?
Start putting all devices on a single power strip.  Let’s say all your pc devices are on one power strip.  Now when your pc has been turned off, you turn off all the devices at one, eliminating any possibility of phantom power.

Resources for Cheap Christmas Gift Ideas
T Shirts – shirt.woot.com, uneetee.com, shirtaday.com, theryde.com.  These are great resources for finding cheap unique shirts for gifts for around $10 with shipping included.  Each day these sites will feature a new cheap shirt which should mail in time for Christmas.

One a Day Deals – woot.com, yugster.com, ihavetohavethat.com, 1saleaday.com.  These websites feature a new deal each day at great bargains which are usually highly discounted.

Restaurant Gift Certificate – If you haven’t heard, restaurant.com is giving away it’s $10 gift certificates for nothing.  They’ll let you just give away up to 3 certificates to your friends (or three of your own email address for you sneaky people). Besides for the promotion, Restaurant.com is a great way to save money on your food. More details via this link.

Self Created Cheap Christmas Gifts - If you really want to give a cool present, but go cheap this Christmas, a great way to give a great Christmas gift is to simply make it yourself.  Instructables.com is a great resource for creating your own Christmas gifts at the cheapest way possible.  Build your own lamp, projector, or even crazy shirt.

This Christmas a cheap gift can still be a great gift.  Enjoy the gift of giving and have a great holiday!

You will have to get lucky and see the Wii Deal and then purchase it. Normally a Wii sells for $300 or more making this one sweet deal.

eCost will offer one Wii for $99 each day for 10 days, beginning Thanksgiving night (November 27, 2008). The first will be sold some time between 8 and 10 pm, November 27, 2008, while rest of the Wiis will be sold at random times, 1 Wii per day, over the following 9 days.

You’ll find the deal at the eCost bargain countdown section via this link

Where is the best local price for an iPod or how do I compare the price of televisions sets are probably some of the major questions local price comparison sites will help you determine.

ShopLocal.com – Shop local compares all the local sale prices for the week helping you find the best deal.

Pricegrabber – Compare prices between products on the internet.

SalesHound – Compare local prices using a yahoo search service

Couch Surfing allows you to yes travel the world and sleep free.  Couch Surfing allows you to meet interesting people worldwide and at the same save money so you can travel even more.

However, one of the main factors to whether you actually find a room is keeping the best Couch Surfing Profile.  A few tips as follows:

1. Make Your Profile Funny

A funny profile shows you are probably easy going like to laugh and have fun.  Besides, everyone loves a funny person.

2: Give Plenty of Details

Make sure you give plenty of information about yourself.  The more the better. Even though they are taking in you, a complete stranger for free, it might make them feel a bit more at ease knowing that they know a lot about you.  I remember taking a ride from Berlin to Stuttgart, Germany with some total strangers but it went fine… still it’s nice knowing more information about that person,

3. Show off your skills

Are you an amazing cook.  Travel with a guitar?  Make the best cocktails around?  Flaunt yourself and some free skills you might be able to provide.

4. Show How You Are An Open Person

By being open and accepting to other ideas, they know that most likely you won’t cause any issues during your stay.

5. Make Sure To Use Only Your Profile Pic

People want to see what you look like to get a good impression to see what you look like, not some stranger or a funny looking cow.  Keep it personal and use plenty of your own pictures.  Don’t you hate when that girl on the internet turns out to be a scary looking guy using fake pictures?

Q: How does Lunchtimedeals.com work?
A: Signup with Lunchtimedeals.com, find a coupon posted by restaurants in your area, clip it or send it to your cell phone.

It seems like a good idea and may make printing coupons even easier. Besides, who says we really need to print out so many paper slips. This just may be one more step towards going electronic.

Sign up at http://www.lunchtimedeals.com

This year I’ve found free political masks and even free star wars masks free for printing out, to get your own free version of a  halloween costume.
Star Wars – http://www.starwars.com/kids/activity/crafts/f20051026/

We’ve found the political motherload here where you can get everything from Barack Obama to Britney Spears or Hillary Clinton.http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/10/27/celebrity-halloween-masks-biz-media-masks08_cx_de_mn_1027masks.html

Or for more candidates: http://www.myfoxdc.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=7746851&version=10&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1

For some fun kitty print out masks, like mouses etc: http://flickr.com/photos/tingeisha/sets/72157594313376607/

Some of our most disgusting choices for a Halloween costume;