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How to Become a Minimalist With Your Money

Money management have your head in a whirl? Try the minimalist approach instead.

Best Money Tips: Labor Day Sales

Today we found some great articles on labor day sales, giving without breaking the bank, and regaining control of your finances.

Best Money Tips: How to Cook Dinner in Your Dishwasher

Today we found some great articles on a way to cook food in your dishwasher, dorm décor ideas for students, and how to be a thrifty cat owner.

Live Like There's No Tomorrow

Two weeks after my husband had gotten a glowing performance review and his manager sent care packages for all our of our kids, he was told over the phone at a client meeting that h

5 Ways to Build Retirement Stability in Your 50s

Your 50s are no time to slow down your financial progress. These critical money moves could save your retirement.

Finding joy in temporary frugality

If you read frugality and simplicity blogs for any length of time, you'll run into a lot of people who take great joy in having simplified their lives. Gradually simplifying y

Don't Let Your Bank Pick Your Homeowner's Insurance

If you let your home insurance lapse, your bank can force you to pay insurance that can cost 5 to 10 times as much. Learn how to avoid this predicament.

Get More from Pumpkin Carving by Baking the Seeds

Even if you don’t celebrate Halloween, the pumpkin is a staple food for fall recipes and decorating schemes. The bright orange squash variety i

6 Reasons Your Coworkers Think You're a Slacker

If you've been slacking, your co-workers have probably noticed. Are you guilty of any of these slack-tastic tells?

Best Money Tips: Define Your Fashion Style Without Breaking the Bank

Today we found some stellar articles on defining your fashion style and saving money, tips for effectively using layaway, and cutting winter costs and saving for the holidays!

Swipe envy

All the cool kids have credit cards. What if you don't? What if you are so young, so poor, so uncool that you can't get one? Do you have to stoop to paying for your food

Best Money Tips: Letting Go of Financial Stress

Today we found some great articles on letting go of financial stress, moves to make at work this year, and ways to make your resolutions stick.

25 Ways to Save $5 This Week

Small changes can make a big difference to your savings account. Jump-start your savings with these 25 easy ways to put away $5.

How to Pay Down $100 Worth of Debt This Week

With some creativity and effort, you can boost your bottom line quickly to pay down a small debt or save something extra.

Becoming Financially Secure: What to Do First

Standard financial advice is full of things to do first — emergency fund, 401(k), paying off debts...but what REALLY comes first?

Finding Money: 11 Ways to Save Money you are Spending Without Sacrificing Anything

There are a number of ways to find money by rearranging your finances, stretching your shopping dollar, and spending wisely. Here is a collection of 11 Tips to help you find some m

Ask the Readers: What Are Your Financial Resolutions for 2012?

Tell us about your 2012 financial resolutions and we'll enter you in a drawing to win a $20 Amazon Gift Card!

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

You’re scouting around for a decent job. While you realize that great jobs are hard to find, you’re avoiding getting into a position that really stinks. Here are 6 tell-tale char