Life is rarely going to bless you with long open hours to sit around and paint portraits or write songs or write novels. If you want the time, you have to fight for it.
Congratulations to the winner of our Burt's Bees Essential Body Kit frugal beauty tips contest!
As you know, I asked readers to send in their frugal and/or homemade beauty ideas. [more]
Most online shoppers I know are very familiar with Ebay and Amazon. The problem is that the hardcore Ebayers are not very familiar with the Amazon Marketplace. [more]
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Hiring pros to tackle your biggest home improvement projects is unavoidable. What is avoidable is paying exactly what they ask.
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Debt is all about mind over matter. Change your way of thinking, and you'll find financial freedom sooner.
Announcing the winner of the Burt's Bees Essential Body Kit drawing
Congratulations to the winner of our Burt's Bees Essential Body Kit frugal beauty tips contest! As you know, I asked readers to send in their frugal and/or homemade beauty ideas. [more]
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If you want to ace your next job interview, all you need to do is change your perspective.
The 9 Best Performing Mutual Funds of the 2000s
How's the market been treating you? If you've dosed up on biotech and health care over the past 15 years, your portfolio should be pretty healthy.
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Most online shoppers I know are very familiar with Ebay and Amazon. The problem is that the hardcore Ebayers are not very familiar with the Amazon Marketplace. [more]
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5 Myths About Money in Retirement
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How to Start a Frugal Dinner Club
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From the everyday to the oddball, you can rent just about everything in your house for cash — including the house.
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20 Great Frugal Skills — and How to Get Them
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Do You Need Credit Monitoring to Protect Your Credit?
With data breaches everywhere you turn, credit monitoring seems like a smart thing to get. But do you really need it?