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We hear it all the time: Time is Money. But do we really treat our time with the same respect we treat our money? If we really do believe that time is valuable shouldn't we be budg

by: Carlos Portocarrero | channel: Personal Finance, Budgeting, Productivity

Something of an exaggeration, of course—a one-person household can be very frugal. But there's an underlying truth: A household is only as frugal as its least-frugal member.

by: Philip Brewer | channel: Personal Finance, Frugal Living

I’m not in college any more, thank goodness, but I remember every penny-pinching moment. Some days I hardly had enough money for food, mainly because the materials and textbooks I

by: Paul Michael | channel: Frugal Living, Shopping

The first few years after I got out of college my finances were seriously out of control. I was making pretty good money, but I was spending all of it. Worse, I wasn't keeping tr

by: Philip Brewer | channel: Personal Finance, Budgeting

Budgets tend to focus on needs--food, shelter, heat, light, transportation, and (of course) taxes. They also provide for wants, but generally the smaller, shorter-term wants--cabl

by: Philip Brewer | channel: Personal Finance, Budgeting

That’s the advice from a beautifully-executed campaign from Denver Water, right here in my own backyard of Colorado. The campaign (created by Sukle Advertising, a very smart, strat

by: Paul Michael | channel: Frugal Living, Consumer Affairs, General Tips, Green Living, Shopping

I remember saying to my dad, a long, long time ago, that I really needed a whole bunch of He-Man action figures for Christmas. Oh, and Battlecat, too. My dad looked at me, a hopefu

by: Paul Michael | channel: Personal Finance, Frugal Living, Budgeting, Consumer Affairs, Food and Drink, General Tips, Shopping

We’ve all been there. You open a present with giddy anticipation, ripping the gift wrap away like a 10 year old on a sugar high. And then, as you open the box and peek inside, your

by: Paul Michael | channel: Frugal Living, Life Hacks, Budgeting, Consumer Affairs, General Tips, Shopping

It’s getting to be unbearably hot in many areas of the country, and frozen treats are a healthy way to cool off. With ice cream bars running $5 a small box locally, I went on a se

by: Linsey Knerl | channel: Frugal Living, Life Hacks, DIY, Food and Drink