Online Shopping Solutions for Everyone on Your Christmas List
Tick-tock—it’s Christmas o’clock! By now, if you’re like many people, you should be pretty much done with your gift buying. On the other hand, if you’re more like me, a self-admitted procrastinator (I like to think I work best under pressure…), you’re starting to feel the stress and wondering when the heck you’re going have [...]
Year-end Strategies to Lower Your Taxes
Whether you’ve had a good year, financially speaking, or one that can’t end soon enough, you may benefit from some simple year-end tax moves. By taking a little time now to review your income tax situation, you just may find yourself with a smaller tax bill next April. Here are nine year-end strategies that could [...]
The Best Christmas Ever on a Shoestring—Mexican Style
I remember one Christmas when we kids were completely resigned to the idea that we weren’t going to be getting any gifts at all that year. My mother had pulled my two brothers and me aside and given us the grave news as compassionately as she knew how. Papá hadn’t worked as much because of [...]
10 Holiday Gifts You Can Make Yourself
For many of us, holiday stress centers around one thing—money or, more precisely, a lack of it! It’s difficult enough to get basic bills paid in this economy, but finding room in the budget for a dozen or more gifts may be impossible. Before you pull out the credit card—a move you’ll most certainly regret [...]
Loyalty & Incentive Programs That Moms Should Check Out
It seems like every time you turn around, some store or online merchant wants you to sign up for its club or loyalty program. I now belong to so many, I have to use apps on my smartphone just to keep track of them all. Most of the programs are more trouble than they’re worth, [...]
The Best Black Friday Deals
Smart shoppers everywhere are making a list and checking it twice in hopes of scoring some great deals this coming Black Friday. To help you plan, here’s a rundown of some of the more popular stores and the bargains that could be yours. Target will open its doors to shoppers on Thanksgiving at 9p.m., and [...]
Beware of Black Friday!
Black Friday. It’s the most anticipated shopping day of the year and the unofficial beginning of the Christmas shopping season. It’s a day when many excited shoppers line up at their favorite stores in the wee hours of the morning, hoping to score this year’s hottest gifts. And while the potential to save oodles of [...]
‘Tis the Season: Plan Your Holiday Spending Now
Whether you’re ready or not, the month of December will soon be here. For most of us, that means lots of expensive gift giving and costly entertaining. Some people plan ahead by shopping for presents all year round. Others have budgeted and saved methodically for the season. But if you’re like most, you’re probably getting [...]
How to Avoid Wasting Food
I do the grocery shopping for my family of four. I also try to fix dinner every night, but sometimes I’ll cook more than I should. I keep the leftovers, which somehow end up hidden in the back of the refrigerator. By the time time I remember they’re still there, I have to throw them [...]
Marry or Live Together: The Financial Pros & Cons
It goes without saying that the decision to get married should not be based solely on financial gain—unless of course, as with some couples, it’s your reason for getting married in the first place. Simply consolidating your homes under one roof, by living together without tying the knot, can offer indisputable savings. Sharing one rent, [...]
