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Save on Mandatory Fun Trips
Last Friday, I read Ben’s great post about saving money by taking a staycation. Ironically, I was on vacation attending a wedding in Iowa at the time. But it really got my thinking about ways to save on mandatory wedding vacations, like the trip I found myself on (there are just some weddings you cannot [...]
Flood Insurance for Your Home
FEMA has gotten a fair amount of criticism after Katrina and after reading their “Myths-and-Facts” regarding that whole mess, I am still not wholly convinced that FEMA was/is really on the ball as far as disaster relief. Having said that, however, there is a fair amount of other information that they present that might be [...]
Make Summer Activities Affordable
This post is the latest in the Summer Savings Series by the Money Life Network. Check out the details for the contest here.
Living frugally definitely has its challenges in the summer. With the nice weather comes expensive outdoor activities like concerts, golfing, and drive in movies (yes, they still exist). You don’t [...]
A Tipping Point to be Free From Broke
I work in the IT industry and it’s a true fact that I am currently making an income that is below both the median income for my industry as well as the median income for my area. Why am I not crying myself to sleep every night and fretting about how I am going [...]
The Only Thing Funny About Fuel Prices…
…are the comics. Enjoy!
(Courtesy of the interwebz’ tubez)
The Money Life Network
First off, I hope that everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend and paid tributes to the men and women who have given so much in order for us to have the best country in the world. Knowing all that was done for us in the past and in the present is humbling and [...]
Is Flying Worth The Cost?
Lately, it seems as if the frustration associated with flying is increasing at the same rate of airline tickets. Layovers and canceled flights are becoming the norm and are leaving helpless customers twiddling their thumbs. What can we do about it? Unfortunately, there is not a lot we can do and this [...]
Jump Start Your Frugality
We hear from a good number of people that they would like to have more money. Not just have more, but make more. They talk about the need to get a better paying job, how they can barely afford to pay the bills and if only they made more money every month, [...]
Cost Analysis of Bottled Water Versus Filtered at Home
Main stream media occasionally drives me nuts. So many times on the Today Show, they go on and on about a certain topic, and then right at the very end, they call in an expert who very succinctly, and sometimes, even intelligently explains how the previous 15 minutes of terrible gloom and doom are [...]
Visa Gift Card Lab Has Custom Logos
As we see, quite a few of our colleagues have had contests on their blogs, we thought that now might be a good opportunity to present an interesting idea…Give away a visa gift card with your blog with your websites logo on it! This would provide the winner to have not only a tangible thing from winning, but it [...]
