Category Archive for: ‘Save Money’

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  How to Make Room in Your Budget for Ridiculous Gas Prices!

  Admittedly, I drive a large vehicle.  However, when I filled my tank this week for a grand total of $110 I almost fell over.  When will the madness end?!  In the meantime, most of us have no choice but to continue to drive our vehicles, [...]

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  Saving for College: The Lowdown on 529 Plans

  It is never too early to start saving for college for your children!  529 plans are an excellent tax-advantaged investment tool to save for higher education expenses.  Here is a guide to introduce you to how they work. What is a 529 Plan? A 529 [...]

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  Should You Save For College Or Retirement?

  The article, Expecting the Expenses in the Washington Post highlights issues couples should consider when deciding to have children. Here are the some of the main points gleaned from the article: If you are planning on having children, save as much money as you can [...]

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  Your Budget Called: “Stop Wasting Money With Groupon!”

  Are you one of those people with several unused Groupon or Living Social vouchers in your account?  If so then pull up a seat, because this post is right on time for you.  Maybe you’re thinking that you save money with companies like Groupon, and [...]

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  Why Extreme Couponing is For Suckers: 6 Better Money Saving Ideas

    The art of shopping has become quite a complicated affair. It has become an art form because on one side you have the business owner who has to keep selling or he or she doesn’t make a living, and the consumers on the other [...]

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  Save Money Series: Chopping Down Wedding Expenses

  Over the last few weeks, several friends, family members and acquaintances have gotten engaged which of course has prompted discussions around wedding planning and the inevitable, how much will all of this cost?  Your wedding should be memorable, but it shouldn’t break the bank.  Check [...]

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  Cold Weather= High Energy Bills: 5 Money Saving Tips!

  Last week I got my gas and electric bills only to be surprised that the utility companies owed me money in the form of a credit on my account.  I set up my bank’s bill pay system to pay all of my bills so I [...]

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• Help! My Phone Bill Is (Way) Too High!

  Im sure we can all relate to opening up that email or paper bill from Verizon, TMobile, Sprint or AT&T and gasping at the huge bill.  I know I do. Last year we switched from the strong arm of AT&T and the iPhone in favor [...]

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• 4 Reasons Why I Don’t Utilize Extreme Couponing

  photo credit: bchow By now you’ve watched the TLC series, Extreme Couponing about how a family pays less than $10 for over $500 worth of groceries.  And, while I admire the technique, time and patience it takes to cut costs in this manner I don’t believe [...]

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  Easy Money-Saving Tips for the New Year

  You know the feeling. It may not happen often, but when it does… You’re in the dressing room of your favorite boutique, falling in major lust with a pair of jeans that were made for your body. Despite the shop’s terrible fluorescent lighting and 8-way [...]

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  Living On $30k In The DC Area-Possible or Far Fetched?

  DC is no stranger to the high cost of living you often see in New York City, Miami and Los Angeles.  But can you live on $30,000 a year there?  This question came up on a listserv I frequent and the responses were equally divided [...]

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• 4 Ways I Hacked $1300 From Our Budget

  It’s no secret that with everything going up that I’ve needed to find ways to save money.  I abhor paying more than I need to for the very basics in life.  Over the last few weeks I’ve tried to figure out where we can cut [...]

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• Aldi: Cheap Thrills And Even Cheaper Groceries

  Food is expensive! I’ve talked about it ad nauseum on this site because this is an important topic to me and of course to all of you. We can’t control the values of our homes or gas prices, but to a certain extent we can [...]

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• Hard Times: What Wouldn’t You Give Up to Save Money?

  We’re constantly inundated with the news of people losing their homes, not being able to make ends meet and being stripped down to one or no income at all. What if this happened to you? How would you make ends meet? Most of us are [...]

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• The Frugal Duchess: How I Wrote A Book In One Summer

  The Frugal Duchess, Sharon Harvey Rosenberg, is currently on a book tour and today she stopped by to tell us how she wrote her book in one summer. Sharon writes for the Miami Herald on various personal finance topics, especially frugality and also writes for [...]

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