If your budget is feeling squeezed more than usual, try eating at home more often. Eating low-cost meals doesn’t have to mean buying cheap, unhealthy food. Beyond clipping coupons there are ways to slash your food spending and start cooking on a budget. Plan Ahead The worst thing you can do to your food budget is [...] Read Full Story

There are good deals year around– you just have to know the perfect time to find them. The end of the summer marks a great time to buy several things including swimsuits, summer clothes school supplies, and patio furniture. Here are some sales to help you snag end-of-summer savings. Swimsuits Old Navy’s swimwear is normally inexpensive, [...] Read Full Story

As if a day off of work wasn’t enough of a gift on Labor Day, how does free Chick-Fil-A sound? Visit any participating Chick-fil-A restaurant on Labor Day after 10:30am and get one free order of their new Chick-n-Strips. Here’s the catch– you must be wearing attire featuring your favorite football team. It can be [...] Read Full Story

Sometimes saving and scrimping can get draining. Using credit cards and leasing nice cars may look attractive on days when you turn down a trip to the mall or dinner with friends. But here is an inspirational story to keep you going. CNN Money introduces us to Gina and John Rodrigues, a pair of 27-year-olds [...] Read Full Story

That embossed diploma hanging on your wall may be the most expensive thing you own– but that slip of paper is getting even more costly for today’s graduates. I recently came across two articles with some startling facts on the high cost of college. According to this report from CNNMoney.com, colleges and universities across the [...] Read Full Story

Your four-legged furry family member needs lots of care: food, vet appointments, and toys. Feeding Fido can get pricey. So start saving by using these dog food deals. Dog.com Order $49 worth of dog food from Dog.com and you’ll get free shipping. According to specifics, you’ll get free economy shipping which means it will be delivered [...] Read Full Story

It is extremely unusual for someone to challenge the IRS and come out the winner, but it happened recently. An accountant took on the government giant over stock and cash received when some life insurance companies became publicly traded in the late 1990s. Charles Ulrich has been an accountant for 49 years and didn’t like [...] Read Full Story

ABC News recently did a story about how the cheapest family in America saves on groceries. This family of seven manages to live off just $350 in groceries each month. What is top on the list of how they accomplish this feat? COUPONS. My husband hates to use coupons and will absolutely refuse [...] Read Full Story

I get a lot of free stuff. Almost daily my mailbox holds a sample of some product or a coupon to try something for free. Here is my secret for finding free stuff– I visit a bunch of different websites. Here are a few to check out in order to snag the best freebies: Shop4Freebies.com CoolFreebieLinks.com all-free-samples.com thefrugalshopper.com freegrabber.com Walmart.com Read Full Story

It’s no secret that people are not making money in real estate like they used to. As I mentioned earlier, I just bought a home. It’s a three bedroom, one bath, brick home in a nice neighborhood. That’s where the list of good qualities ends. Currently the home has no appliances, holes in the drywall, [...] Read Full Story