Who needs a vacation when you can hit the mall and save? You can make a splash at the sales counter in June, if you know where the deals are. (Hint: “splash” means swimming. See our list below). Okay…I’d prefer a vacation – but pinching pennies will help me save for it. Score on lower […]
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It’s important to use water wisely to save money. Here are the top 20 ways on how to save water: 1. In the process of washing dishes by hand, it’s not prudent to allow the water to run during rinsing. You can fill the first sink with water to wash, and another sink with water […]
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Hypermiling is all about getting increased mileage for each gallon of gasoline that you put into your vehicle. The extra miles that you manage to extract from your fuel by strategic driving of your car are the so-called ‘hypermiles’. So, what are the steps you need to follow to become a hypermiler? It turns out […]
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After a long period of thought, have you finally decided to go green and save the environment? But when you look at the options, you suddenly find that ways to environment friendliness are expensive. Are there ways to go green and save money at the same time? Indeed, there are several simple, yet powerful ways […]
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For all the hoopla about Black Friday, the real money is spent on the Monday after Thanksgiving, known as Cyber Monday. According to the National Retail Federation, 96.5 million Americans shopped online during Cyber Monday last year, while 79 million Americans shopped at retailers’ physical locations on Black Friday. So it’s no wonder that Cyber […]
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So, there you are, stuffed full of turkey, another day off and nothing else to do…it can look mighty tempting to head out shopping on Black Friday and get everything on your list in one fell swoop. Is it really necessary? Probably not. The recession has prompted some incredible sales nearly every day of the […]
Read MoreFIND GREAT BARGAINS WITH TWITTER Basically Twitter is a site where you and others can provide quick, short (less than 140 characters) descriptions of what you are doing, or share interesting informational tidbits and links. It’s a lot like text messages, except that Twitter is more public and you can access it on the Web; […]
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As you probably know by now, President Obama has signed the $787 billion stimulus bill into law. The package of federal spending and tax cuts is designed to revive the economy and save millions of jobs. The bill has more than 1,000 pages but you don’t have to read them all to know that the […]
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The economic news just keeps getting worse and worse. A lot of us are on a tight budget. But it’s no fun just to sit at home all the time. So how can you have fun without spending much cash? Daytime isn’t too hard – there are always parks or taking walks, for example. But […]
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