Trim Your Budget to Get Extra Cash

Budgets are tight today
Today, many families are struggling with tight budgets. Even in better economic times, it can be difficult to find ways to save money when there’s little or none left at the end of the month. But when you take a really close look at your spending habits, [...]

A little trim saves a lot of money (photo: flickr.com)

Halloween Costumes to Make at Home | Cheap and Easy

Procrastinator’s refrain
This happens to me every year. Around the beginning of October, I think to myself “I should come up for a good idea for a costume.” And then, being a creative type, I sit back and wait for inspiration. I usually don’t even decide if I want a Halloween [...]

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Living Sensibly Is the Key to Credit Repair

Stop throwing your hard-earned money away!
Credit repair services are on the rise as people figure out ways to save money and build wealth so they can pay down debt.   Paying down debt is a key element of credit repair, and obviously, it takes money to pay down debt.
But do you realize [...]

Learning to cook can help improve your credit score! (photo: flickr.com)

Save On Your Food Purchases By Eating Serving Sizes

Save your Money And Your Health
How often do we look on packages at the grocery store and check out what the serving sizes are? It’s clear as day what are the recommended portions, yet we tend to eat much more than that.
Get in the habit of measuring every meal by [...]

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Get a Loan Until Payday | Decrease Stress, Save Money

Get up to $1,500 on loan until payday
I never thought I would need a loan until payday. I’ve never been great at budgeting or keeping careful track of my spending. My usual method of managing my finances is to check my bank account balance online every few days. Of course, [...]

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Cut Your Spending | Part I

Start saving your cash today
Money is tight, but there are lots of simple things you can do to free up some extra cash. In fact, making just a few minor changes to your spending routines could mean you’ll never have to get a payday cash advance again.
Make off-season purchases
You [...]

Forever 21 | High Fashion, Low Prices

Forever 21 Web site holding amazing sale
I just checked out the sale going on at the Forever 21 web site, and the prices are crazy! The first sale item is a really cute spaghetti strap tank top for $3.84! The other crazy part about it is that the original price [...]

Japanese Woven Dress, $15.84

Just a Drop Eliminates Odors, Reduces Trash, Can Save Money

Just a Drop is all the rage
A new bathroom product called Just a Drop has hit the mainstream consciousness, and now everyone wants to know about it. Many people go to great lengths to keep their homes, and especially their bathrooms, smelling good.
Furthermore, bathroom odors have long been a source [...]

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I’ll fix it myself – I’m not calling any electrician

A recession is a do-it-yourself time, right?
About the same time as the heat wave arrived, my wife informed me that the fan in the bedroom was not working. Sleeping without a fan in summer is impossible. I reached for the phone book to call George, our friendly electrician but stopped [...]

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Mother’s Day Meals that Won’t Break the Bank

Warm Mom’s heart
Everyone knows the most basic Mother’s Day wish: “I don’t want to cook.” Usually, Mom ends up getting either dinner or breakfast, but wouldn’t it be better of Mom got the entire day off cooking?
Buying ingredients for a full day of meals can get expensive, but use these [...]

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Sassy Water | Skip Soda, Save Up and Slim Down

Summer is time for sassy water
Whether your goal is to cut calories or cut costs, sassy water can help. Plus, it’s light and refreshing — perfect for sipping on the patio on warm spring and summer days.
Save your soda money
If you’re used to spending cash every day on soda cans [...]

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Here comes summer and up goes the electric bill

Hot means very hot and that means air-conditioning
We’re almost at the end of April, meaning that summer is drawing near, sneaking up on us with those gorgeous blue cloudless skies and warm breezes. But it brings other stuff as well. Like scorching heat which has only one thing in mind [...]

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Three Easy Ways to Save Money

Quick tips
CNN Money recently produced a list of simple ways to save money here are my three favorites:
1. Pay for groceries with cash
Studies have shown that people spend 12 percent more when they are using credit or debit cards to pay for clothing and food.
We all have a food budget. [...]

Save money on groceries by paying with cash.

Dad, where are we going for this year’s summer vacation?

How to slash the price of this year’s vacation
I had been expecting the question for some time. Now it was on the table and I had to reply. “Listen, everyone, you know how rough things are down at the plant, reduced orders, guys being fired, no bonuses, four day week [...]

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Money saving tips to avoid a Short Term Loan

Life is Expensive
So many people strive to make enough money for their homes, and though short term loans most definitely assist; there are ways to save extra money. What with the cost of children, miscellaneous bills, mortgage and car payments, cutting back costs in a few areas, and observing frivolous [...]

I hope that after I die, people will say of me: ``That guy sure owed me a lot of money.´´

Surviving the Recession, Episode 2: Consuming Smart (A)

Be a smart food consumer
OK, so last time we talked about how to be a smart shopper at the grocery store. It’s vitally important to spend our money wisely, particularly during an economic recession. However, our food consumption habits are equally important in the quest to save money. Here are [...]

Saving money at the supermarket

Not every saving is worth having
Anything to do with money is rough in this neck of the woods and I do my best to save wherever possible. My best tactic at the moment is not to buy anything, not even that pair of classy jeans hanging in the window of [...]

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Is Your Employer Playing the Layoff Game? Now You Can, Too!

Layoff game makes unemployment fun

Are you one of the millions of Americans who got laid off in the last year? Do you have a lot of free time that you don’t know how to use? Play the layoff game!
If you are lucky enough to be at work right now, do [...]

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Does money buy happiness? What does the Easterlin Paradox say?

I miss not having money. How about you?
What I miss most about not having money is that I am tied to my house. My job is mobile – me and my laptop can operate anywhere. Only an hour ago I was reading the papers and looking at the art exhibitions [...]

September 11th 2008 - It´s not great art unless the eyes follow you

Tips to help you pay off those installment loans faster

Have you recently taken out installment loans or are you planning to take out one?
If the answer to this question is ‘yes,’ then this article is what you need to help you to repay off your loans fast.  Let us get introduced to the concept of loan repayment in installments [...]

...shall we?