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Plastic comes in handy during an emergency, and when you're building reward points or your credit history. But although credit cards can be used for just about any purchase, there are things you should never charge to your card. Sometimes, you're better off using cash or a debit card. Here are 10 things you should never put on your credit card.

Woks are typically most associated with Chinese cooking, and are capable of performing a large number of cooking functions. The larger size and higher slopes of a wok allow it to be used for boiling, braising, deep or pan frying and, most notably, stir frying. Woks are the best cooking vessel for stir frying because of their ability to retain a high level of heat, and their shapes allow for constant motion which results in better browning and flavor distribution.

In my travel experience, I've become quite good at finding a great hotel deal. This post is geared to those of you that would like to find the same deals like me and travel the world a little cheaper! (See also: 3 Ways to Get Hotel Deals)

1. Refuse Maid Service

This option is available at Starwood Hotels worldwide, and you can ask at other hotels if they offer it as well. If you refuse maid service at Starwood on multi-day stays, you can net either a $5 daily voucher or 500 daily points added to your Starwood account.

For my husband's birthday this year, I dropped by our local artisan grocery store and picked up a couple of premium steaks to grill. We only eat red meat a couple of times a month, but I was still pretty sure I knew what to expect, cost-wise. I generally got the good supermarket steaks for about $6 per pound or less, so I figured the really good stuff would be about $9/pound.

I spent nearly $12 per pound on our strip steaks.

Admittedly, these were among the most delicious steaks I've ever eaten. However, the cost for my husband's birthday meal was quite a bit more expensive than I anticipated.