Links: Chasing Shrinking Potato Peelers Edition

Here are some recent links from fellow bloggers that made my cursor pause…

Grad Money Matters ponders when to stop chasing money? How do we know at what point when we need to slow down? Good question.

Wisebread offers up some cheap things to do in San Francisco. I always like to see other people’s views of an area I am familiar with; everyone always has different ideas. The comments are good too.

The Consumerist tracks the continuing trail of destruction by the Grocery Shrink Ray. AllFinancialMatters laments the shrinking beer bottles of certain brands. Or are they 1/3 liter bottles? Or are 1/3 liter bottles a convenient metric-system-abusing excuse? Financial Ramblings says we get what the market decides. I believe, with consumer awareness, the balance can be shifted.

Get Rich Slowly talks about the best salesman in the world, whose path to riches lay in selling $5 potato peelers on the streets of New York City. Interesting story.

No Credit Needed offers an illustrated guide to debt reduction. I like pictures.

The Simple Dollar explains why they decided to finally merge their married finances.

Christian PF makes his own toothpaste. I must admit, this is something I’ve never thought of doing myself. I do drive my wife crazy by squeezing the last atom out of our current tubes, though…

Almost Frugal shows us how to cut a little boy’s hair. Amazingly enough, no bowls were involved! As a kid, I was happy with a buzz cut for many years. I’ve never been big on hair…