All Entries Tagged With: "saving money"
Five Money Saving Habits You’ll Want to Learn This Year
Tweet When it comes to saving money, there’s no better time to get back on track than the New Year. For some miraculous reason, January gives people hope and inspires them to change their ways. That’s why New Year’s resolutions are so comical. In retrospect, everyone wishes that they had done something different the previous [...]
Make Your Own Cheap Shampoo, Conditioner, and Toothpaste
Tweet In an attempt to reduce costs in 2012, I am adopting a Do-It-Yourself mentality. One of the areas of my spending that can be virtually eliminated is in the Personal Hygiene category. Using recipes found in the book, Making It: Radical Home EC for a Post-Consumer World by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen, I [...]
Different Ways to Save Money – From Savings Accounts to Savings Bonds
Tweet When people talk about having money for a rainy day they are usually referring to putting their money into a savings account. A rainy day or emergency fund is used to set aside money from every paycheck so that in the event of an emergency or unexpected expense there’s money readily available. Using a [...]
Kindle Owners with Amazon Prime Shipping Can Borrow Books for Free
Tweet Kindle owners listen up. Amazon’s got a sweet deal. In addition to all the books they offer for free through their website, they also have a Lending Library that is free for Prime members. This lets you get your hands on some of the hottest titles without having to wait for them to go [...]
The Best Black Friday Deals for 2011
Tweet Have you had a chance to look at the Black Friday sales ads from your favorite retailers this year? Well, if you haven’t had the opportunity, we’ve done it for you. If you’re one of those shoppers that get up at the crack of dawn to get your hands on the season’s most sought-after [...]
Say Sayonara to These 8 Bad Shopping Habits
Tweet Whether you love to shop or find the whole thing a drag, you’ve likely developed some bad habits that are costing you money and time. Sometimes shopping itself can be a bad habit, especially during the holidays when events like Black Friday and Cyber Monday encourage impulse buying. While changing your buying behavior takes [...]
Go Cheap This Thanksgiving and Save Money
Tweet My favorite day of the year is coming up: THANKSGIVING! A day full of football, family, amazing food, and great memories. A day of thankfulness for what we have. The all-American holiday. With such a big holiday comes big expenses. Travel costs are the big expense for some families, but for others it’s the [...]
Five Things You Need to Make Your Home Office More Efficient
Tweet I’ve done it! I’m finally living my dream of working from home full-time. I have a regular gig that pays the bill and am eternally grateful for having some really cool clients that trust me and can vouch for my work ethic. With that being said, I have to be really organized to be [...]
Five Ways to Save Money While You’re On the Road
Tweet So, I’m making a cross country move using only my car because I wanted to avoid paying for a moving truck. With all of my belongings stashed away in the trunk and the back seat, I set off on what could easily become a three day drive. Limited on both time and money, I [...]
The High Cost of Immediate Gratification
Tweet What a rush to be able to buy whatever you want whenever you want it! Instead of shopping around or waiting for the price to drop significantly, you pull out your trusty credit card and purchase your item that day. You walk into the store, select the item that you want and walk out [...]
How Online Classes Can Really Save You Time and Money
Tweet We’re a society obsessed solutions that save the most money, as we should be. Thrift is no small attribute. We also like things quick and easy. For these reasons, online classes appeal to many people. But this is because online degrees are often advertised as cheap and immediate solutions to what’s perceived by many [...]
How to Keep Your Vacation Costs Down
Tweet You know what it feels like to return from vacation. You feel rested, rejuvenated, even eager to get back to your old routine and to see your friends and co-workers once again. That’s why it’s so important to take time off and see a part of the world that you never visited before. It [...]
2011 Sales Tax Holiday Schedule
Tweet Sales tax is just one of those expenses we typically ignore. Every time we make a purchase the tax is just automatically added to the bill and since there’s nothing we can do about it’s easy to just forget about it or automatically factor it in. Plus, since often times we make just small [...]
Extreme Couponing Creates Extreme Mess For Bargain Hunters
Tweet During what has been said to be one of the worst economic crises to hit America, those affected by downsizing and layoffs have resorted to drastic measures to put food on the table and keep on top of their mortgage payments. This required tightening of the belt leaves little room for error. One mistake [...]
Save Thousands of Dollars with the Entertainment Book
Tweet If you’re looking for a great way to save thousands of dollars on entertainment, local attractions, and dining, you may want to look into buying an Entertainment Book. Available for nearly every major city in the United States, the savings book contains over $12,700 in discounts and buy one get one free offers. You [...]
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