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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.
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
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.
Get enough sleep
I have a theory about sleep. My theory is this: everyone who routinely uses an alarm clock suffers from chronic sleep deprivation. Using an alarm clock a few times a year (to c
7 Nasty Bathroom Items You Should Throw Out Now
What's lurking in your loofah? You don't wanna know!
Best Money Tips: Little Things That Make Life Easier
Today we found little things that make life easier, everyday habits to reach your financial goals, and ways to rekindle your passion for work.
Budget Busters
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8 Things to Wait Until After Christmas to Buy
Sure, Black Friday gets all the big discount hype, but the deals post-Christmas can't be beat!
3 Ways Your Commute Is Killing You — And What to Do About It
Commuting, whether by car or public transit takes, its toll — in your health. Learn what steps to take to limit the effects of the daily drive.
5 Sleek Marketing Ploys Aimed at Getting More of Your Grocery Money
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Best Money Tips: How to Recover From Big Financial Mistakes
Today we found ways to recover from major financial mistakes, how to afford an amazing trip this year, and home and auto maintenance tasks that people often forget.
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Get Your Free Chicken and Caffeine on May 15th
This Thursday there will be two nation-wide promotions offering treats to customers of McDonalds and Dunkin’ Donuts. While I’m a fan of chicken and waffles, I’ve never done chicke
Are You an Ant or a Grasshopper?
This classic fable illustrates the fundamental difference in savers and spenders. Spenders live for the moment, frittering away their earnings on things like technology gadgets, e
6 Warning Signs that It Is Not the Job for You
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Best Money Tips: Budget Travel Tips You Haven't Heard
Today we found some stellar articles on budget travel tips you haven't heard, how to stop living paycheck to paycheck, and how today's grads can beat the odds.
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