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    Five Great Ways to Save Money While Dining Out

    One of the joys in many of our lives is going out to eat every once in a while. While it is healthier and often cheaper to buy groceries and prepare a home cooked meal, it’s also nice and refreshing for once to have someone else prepare a meal and enjoy something you don’t have […] More

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    Affordable Ways to Keep Cool in the Summer Heat

    If your utility bill is like my utility bill, it goes up significantly during the summer months. The excessive use of the air conditioner adds up each month, and our utility bill almost doubles during summer months (of course, we also live in Florida, so that doesn’t help). This leads many people to question how […] More

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    Five Luxury Items to Replace with Cheaper Ones

    Just because an item is more expensive than another, doesn’t necessarily mean that it is a better quality. After all, is a designer purse really all that more durable than a no-name purse made of the same material? While some expensive things are worth pining for (I still dream of flying first class internationally!), some […] More

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    Five Reasons Why Fees Matter

    Fees: We all pay them. They’re everywhere. There are fees for using a foreign ATM, for getting cash back on your debit card purchase in certain stores, for paying a bill online, for paying a bill over the phone; fees are everywhere. For that reason, most people don’t really think twice about fees. What’s two […] More

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    Five Great Alternative Methods for Paying Your Bills

    Paying your bills is always a drag, but having your bill get paid later than intended because of the unreliability of the most traditional way of snail mail can be an even worse situation. Many of us have been in a situation where we were late by a day or so in paying our bill […] More

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    Five Budgeting Strategies For Single Parents

    Being a single parent has its pros and its cons: on one hand, there is no partner to bicker and fight about money with – you can make your own money decisions however way you want. But on the other hand, there’s also no one to help you out financially. And as a single parent, […] More

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    Different Ways to Save Money on Your Verizon Phone Bill

    Verizon Wireless is a huge cell phone provider, and it’s one of the best (I’ve used and loved Verizon for the past 12 years myself) but sometimes their plans can get a bit expensive. With four phones on our line, as well as a wireless internet card and a plan that was grandfathered in several […] More

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    Strategies to Save Money in the Next Hour

    The problem with saving money is that everyone wants to do it, but few people actually know how. Your first mistake is thinking that you can’t start now; you might think you can’t save until you lower your monthly expenses or until you are paid next, but you can start right now. In fact, you […] More

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    Financial Resources for Stay at Home Moms

    Stay-at-home moms have the most difficult job in the world – caring for their young children, their home and their lives 24 hours a day. There is no vacation or time off; there is no solo car ride to and from the office in which mom can prepare herself for the day ahead or unwind […] More

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    Sites You Can Make Money With by Running Errands

    For many of us, running errands like going to the grocery store and picking up dry cleaning is tedious work that we often don’t have time for. As a working woman or even a stay-at-home mom, the days can get filled to the brim with essential activities, leaving little time for the little things that […] More

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    How to Make Money by Being a Freelance Writer

    Whether you’re a passionate writer who wants a career in writing or just dabble a little while on a different career path at the moment, freelance writing can be an exciting venture – and you can even make some money from it! But before you go and quit your day job and expect to be […] More

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