saving money

Quality furniture on the cheap

January 19, 2012

One of the things that has taken me years to learn is the fine art of buying great furniture at deeply discounted prices. It seems like it’s either choose quality and hefty price tag or cheap materials and a wallet happy price. It doesn’t have to be either or though! Ikea While Ikea certainly has [...]

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Save Money While Holiday Cooking

November 28, 2011

Often times one of the scariest times to hit the stores is when you are getting ready to shop for your holiday feasts. I myself can remember many times in which seeing the printing out of my grocery bill would cause me to break out into a sweat. Fortunately I have discovered that holiday cooking [...]

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Online Classes: Using the internet for education

August 30, 2011

I recently had a comment on one of my most popular blog posts, Living on One Income. The commenter, Johnathon is clearly frustrated with not having completed his own education and being ‘stuck’ (so many of us can relate) in his current situation. While I plan to write a full blog post about his concerns, [...]

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Give Education: Keep kids in school, save money, and John Legend

July 27, 2011

Last week I had the honor of being a part of a small bloggers’ roundtable with P&G U.S. Marketing Manager, Jim Leish, President of Communities in Schools, Dan Cardinali, and Grammy award winning artist and philanthropist, John Legend. (yes, that John Legend)   John Legend is raising awareness using his voice (and what a voice it [...]

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Couponing 101: How I got Started

May 17, 2011

Watching Extreme Couponing show on TLC has peeked my interest in trying coupons again.  I have tried them in the past as many people have but I did not know there was a science to couponing.  I did not know you could use coupons for free items, get overage for the rest of your purchase.  [...]

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Cheap Week- Spend Less, Splurge Later: Guest Post

April 13, 2011

I am passionate about living large on a budget. When I encounter a way to feel rich and spend poor I’m happy. Granted, I’m not a really extravagant type, but I do like nice things. In order to splurge on activities such as travel and quality furniture, I cut back in many less important areas. [...]

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Green & Cheap car wash: Wash Drops

March 16, 2011

photo credit: fortes I loathe washing the car. Usually I’ll pay $5 for the automated gas station car wash when my car is desperately dirty in the winter months, typically once it starts rubbing off on the kids’ coats (why do they always rub their coats against the car anyway??). Probably twice a year I’ll [...]

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Adventures in Couponing: Plan Ahead

January 25, 2011

I admit it. I’m slightly obsessed with Extreme Couponing. I know that in real life not every day at the supermarket can net you $1,000s in groceries for pennies on the dollar, but the idea that you don’t have to pay for certain items EVER again amazes me. photo credit: Hotcouponworld.com But, since my family [...]

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Rejoice for Rebates

September 8, 2010

Shaunna Privratsky is a regular contributor to The Dollar Stretcher.com website and enewsletters. For more ways to save money visit their frugal living resource. From now on, I’d like to be known as the “Ruler of Rebates.” Over the last six months, I have cashed in on $200 worth of rebates. Most of the products [...]

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How Your Household Items Can Make You Fast Cash

June 17, 2010

This guest post was written by Go Banking Rates, bringing you informative personal finance content and helpful tools. You can follow them on Twitter at @GoBankingRates. In this tough economy, bringing in some extra money is an exciting idea for anyone. However, finding an additional job could be a bit difficult with so many qualified [...]

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