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If you have a budget--more specifically, if you track your spending--you have the data you need to track changes in your own personal cost of living. That's a lot more useful
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Summertime fun in national parks can become surprisingly costly if you aren't careful. But these affordable activities will create memories that'll last a lifetime.
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A friend of mine has a pathological weakness for impulse shopping. But using the techniques outlined here, she dug herself out of debt and into impulse shopping bliss.
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How Inconvenience Helped Me Save Money
When one writer's local grocery store closed, she learned about planning, convenience, and how driving further can sometimes also mean spending less.
Separate Bank Accounts: 'Till Death (or Banking) Do We Part?
Many couples today boast separate bank accounts and successful relationships. But is it possible? Or are separate bank accounts a recipe for disaster?
Optical Illusions That Make You Fatter and Your Wallet Lighter
One of my best friends told me that the key to food portion sizes was this: "Eat from small plates, drink from taller glasses." And optical illusions are at the root of it.
Best Money Tips: Get Free Stocking Stuffers
Today we found some fantastic articles on ways to get free stocking stuffers, reasons to make your child's Halloween costume, and amazing job perks.
7 Employer Benefits That Can Leave More Spending Money in Your Pockets
Beyond health insurance and a 401K, does your employer offer any other perks? Because these cash-y benefits are pretty great.
Best Money Tips: Ways to Use Leftover Halloween Candy
Today we found some fantastic articles on ways to use leftover Halloween candy, safeguarding your career switch, and saving money on holiday shopping.
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Roll your own cost-of-living index
If you have a budget--more specifically, if you track your spending--you have the data you need to track changes in your own personal cost of living. That's a lot more useful
Best Money Tips: Save Money and Have Fun During the Holidays
Today we found some stellar articles on saving money and having fun at the holidays, ways to save $1 a day, and steps to make your money last a lifetime.
Best Money Tips: How to Audit Your Finances
Today we found articles how to audit your finances, questions to ask yourself while minimizing, and Starbucks hacks that will save you money.
5 Affordable and Unforgettable Experiences to Have in National Parks This Summer
Summertime fun in national parks can become surprisingly costly if you aren't careful. But these affordable activities will create memories that'll last a lifetime.
5 Ways Restaurant Apps Hurt Your Wallet
Coupons, easy ordering — restaurant apps make it a snap to get your bite on. Just beware the sneaky tricks that can take a bite out of your budget.
Best Money Tips: Things You Can Save for Retirement Besides Money
Today we found things you can save for retirement besides money, ways social media is making you poor, and changes to the homebuying process that you need to know about.
Why We Take on Credit Card Debt
Why some of us take on so much debt — and how others manage to avoid it so well — can seem mysterious. Discover some of the reasons.
5 Things You Must Know About Health Care Open Enrollment
Open enrollment has rolled around once again. Are you prepared to select the best health care plan for you and your family?
Impulse Shopping: A Controllable Handicap
A friend of mine has a pathological weakness for impulse shopping. But using the techniques outlined here, she dug herself out of debt and into impulse shopping bliss.
Best Money Tips: 216 Affordable Gifts for Everyone on Your List
Today we found some awesome articles on 216 gifts for everyone on your list, frugal lunch ideas, and reasons to list or buy a home in December.
9 Money Questions You Should Be Able to Answer by Age 30
You're turning the big 3-0. Do you have the answers to these all-important money questions?