Tag: save money
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Paperback Swapping: Books on a Budget
The following is a guest post from Kirsten, FSM (Fiscally Savvy Mommy). Have so many books that you can’t squeeze one more on your bookshelf? Try trading them at Paperback Swap, a book-for-a-book program, where the only cost is postage.
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Recent Financial Experiences – New Places to Save
Since May we’ve made a couple of big purchases and taken a couple of trips for which we’ve found some groovy new ways to save. Singularly the savings were pretty impressive, but all together, I look like a budgeting superhero.
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5 Painful Ways to Save Money
It’s easy to start cutting back on those not-so-fun expenses like car insurance, your dental plan, and septic tank maintenance. Do you have what it takes to cut where it hurts (metaphorically speaking, of course)? Or are you just a sissy?
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A Lottery Retirement?
Sometimes I get more entertainment out of a $1 lottery ticket than going to the movies for $8+. The lottery should be viewed as just that: entertainment. Right? Well, prepare to be disturbed.
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The Non-Sale Sale
It’s not a big conspiracy (or is it?), it’s marketing. The non-sale sale is no different than tailoring prices to end in $.99 or infomercials that offer “two easy payments.” Marketers understand the psychology of consumers and what “tricks” will lure them to spend more than they otherwise might.
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Share, Swap, Trade: 3 Ways to Live on Less
The following is a guest post by Lisa @ Frugal Living, a personal finance blog which offers money saving tips, along with solid budgeting ideas. Combining forces is one way frugal families can take advantage of buying in bulk, and in supporting one another in maintaining their monthly budgets. While some families share or trade…