Curb Your Impulse Buying

One of the best ways to stay on track with your family’s budget, is to curb impulse buying. Many people do this without even realizing it, and then wonder what happened to that careful planning that was supposed to balance income and bills.
The most common place that people impulse buy is at the grocery store.  [...]

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11 Ways to Get T.H.E. B.E.S.T. D.E.A.L. When You Shop

Are you always looking for that perfect deal?  Want to get the most you can for every dollar you spend?  Here are 11 different ways for you to find T.H.E. B.E.S.T. D.E.A.L. when you shop.
T.AKE ADVANTAGE OF DOUBLE COUPONS – Many grocery stores offer double coupons, most of the time up to $0.50 (doubled to [...]

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What to Do this Summer? Fun No-Cost Ideas…

Although you may not be able to afford a summer vacation this year, there are no-cost, fun summer activities for the whole family. Check these out and feel free to leave me some other fun ideas in the comments!

Go to the library! What is more fun for a kid than to go on [...]

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Tips for Sticking to Your Family Budget

You have a family budget in place. Now the hard part begins—sticking to your family budget. With the demands of all the wants and needs of kids, it can be challenging to keep a close eye on your money matters. Here are some simple tips to save money and help you stick to your family [...]

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Mom – Want to Earn Some Extra Money? Learn How!

I ran across this great article for SAHMs (Stay at Home Moms) with some tips on how to earn some extra money. Read on…
Stay at Home Mom Tips for Earning Extra Money from Home
Staying at home with your children is a rewarding job. Raising children is a hard task even under the best of [...]

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11 Tips for Keeping Safe While Shopping Online

Shopping online has become the wave of the future. No standing in lines, no posted hours to shop and you don’t even have to take a shower and get dressed to do it! These are all great advances from the old method of shopping; however, you need to make sure you’re safe when [...]

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Consider Investing Your Tax Return

If you have already visited your CPA or filed your 2006 income taxes on your own; you may want to invest the money you’ll be receiving from your tax return (provided you are receiving a fairly large sum).
Some may ask why investing your tax refund is a smart move, while others can’t wait to cash [...]

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What is Your Filing Status?

In my tax-paying lifetime, I’ve been just about every category of filing status as you can be. It CAN be very confusing to determine what your status might be. To begin with, your income tax filing status is based upon whether or not you are single, married, or widowed. It is important as it pertains [...]

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Taxes – Should I Hire Someone?

It’s that time of year again…
I’m sure you’ve seen the commercials touting tax preparation software. In fact, have you seen the commercial promoting the do-it-yourself tax software wherein the husband says, “Uh Oh…?” Apparently he runs into a problem, and his wife picks up the software box and says, “Hello, can you help us?” Funny; [...]

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Thumbs Up Thursday – The Serious Shopper

This week’s “thumbs up” goes to Robyn at The Serious Shopper. She is very enlightened in the shopping arena. She’s got some great advice for shopping with a fun and easy-to-read style of writing!
One particular post that caught my eye was how to best Maximize Your Credit Card Points. I like my reward-air-miles-from-my-Visa-card as much [...]

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