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How Your Household Items Can Make You Fast Cash

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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P&G Coupon insert and PUR giveaway

P&G has a huge coupon insert in today’s paper. There are over $100 in coupons for some of their latest products. This money-saving booklet will feature coupons from numerous P&G brands, including Pantene, Gillette, Venus, Crest, Olay, Old Spice, Dawn and PUR. Look here for a list of newspapers carrying the coupon insert. P&G sent me several items from the coupon insert including a [...]

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By Train, by Plane, by Automobile…Ways to Save on Travel

This is a guest post from Little House in the Valley, who is currently working toward owning her own little house in the valley. On her journey toward home ownership, she is learning to be financial savvy through budgeting her money and living frugally. With each new savings tip or idea, she shares how she accomplished [...]

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5 Ways to Fund a Trip to Disney World By Cutting Back on Your Coffee Habit

This is a guest post by Raza from The Coffee Maker Store, a daily blog and e-commerce store about coffee, coffee makers, and coffee culture. Stop by for the latest coffee related news, tips, and tricks. Have you ever wondered how much your coffee addiction costs you? If you’re a real coffee addict… ahem… I mean [...]

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Mom Monday: Breastfeeding is Best for Baby and your Budget

I was debating what to write about for Mom Monday. Since I’m not at home, I’m not being “mom” right now. Of course I’m always a mother, it’s a huge part of my identity, but being while being by myself is something wonderful, and amazing, it’s also something I have not experienced for this length [...]

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Consignment Sales: Are they worth the hassle?

This is a guest post by Kathy Lopez, a massage therapist & mother to four babies in five years living outside of Philadelphia. She channels her inner monologue to http://milkstained.wordpress.com Happy Wednesday! I’m thrilled to be guest-posting for Kelly – I have known her for several years, in “real” life, and have had a great [...]

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Bicycle to save money, go green, and get healthy

Brandon Joerges is a year-round cyclist in Southeast Michigan. Brandon’s 14Bikes blog is a part of his campaign to help communities and businesses that want to shrink congestion without losing customers understand that up to 14 bikes can fit in one standard parking space and bicycling has benefits for everyone. In America, for the first [...]

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Working From Home and Saving Money

Samantha “Sam” Duckworth is a 20-something college graduate with an emerging interest in all things financial. By day, Sam works in technology plugging away at databases and report building. In her spare time, her interest in the world of finance has culminated in her blog, Ducks and Dollars which was started in November, 2009. Sam [...]

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Buxr: social bargain hunting

I was introduced to Buxr last week, and I’m so happy I was! My only regret, not finding it sooner. Like before I paid $2.99 for a movie rental I could’ve gotten for free from Amazon Video on Demand. Buxr is a social bargain hunting site. Deals, coupons and other offers are entered by the [...]

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10! Show Restaurant Savings: take 2

Tomorrow morning I’ll be appearing on the 10! Show, a local morning show aired in the Philadelphia area. I’ll be talking about how to save money when dining out. If you are local tune in at 11:00 to watch me live (!) on NBC10. If you aren’t I have a post going up in the [...]