Discounted Flights During Family Emergencies
At some point in your life you may have to take an unplanned flight to tend to a family emergency. Unfortunately, emergencies lend themselves no time to properly plan and purchase a discounted flight in advance. As stressful as flying has now become, the last thing you need is to stress about finding an affordable [...]
The Joy’s of Three Paycheck Months
July is around the corner, and for Ben and I, this means a three paycheck month! Many employers, like ours, pay their employees using a 26 pay period cycle versus the traditional 24. Of course, this means each check is a little less, but twice a year we get the third magical paycheck. These extra paychecks feel [...]
Trading in For a Hybrid Could Be Costly
With gas prices averaging close to $4/gallon, many car owners are considering trading in their gas hogs for a hybrid vehicle. Hybrids of course have the potential to get upwards of 40 miles a gallon (mpg), versus the 15-25 mpg that many of us get with our current vehicles. The savings with the [...]
Earth Day: Make Every Day a Frugal Day
As we can see from Google’s page, it is officially Earth Day 2008! This is a good time to address the environment and within that vein to address the savings that go along with that. More and more products are becoming increasingly available for consumers to both save the environment whether its by [...]
The Analysis of Location, Location, Location
Real estate experts say that when you are shopping for a house, the three most important things to consider before buying is location, location, location. I recognize the truthiness of this, but working with the legal department at work has wore off on me, (on some unrelated IT matters) I feel the need to challenge [...]
