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Save Money and Time By Slimming Down Your Life
10:00AM 4/17/2011
As experts often note, there are several health problems associated with clutter and mess. Severe hoarders may even struggle to deal with rats, roaches and other vermin. But even apart from these miseries, there are more reasons for decluttering your life than just finding the floor.
Too much candy? Donate (some of it) to a good cause
3:45PM 11/02/2009
So Halloween's over and now you have bags of candy -- literally bags -- lying around promising to do some serious damage to your kids' teeth and your waistline. What to do? Eat it? Throw it away? Put it in the garage and forget about it? We at WalletPop think we've found an answer to this most...
Nine couples to get hitched for 99-cents on 9/9/09
7:00PM 8/27/2009
This could be one for the books, under the heading "World's Cheapest Wedding."
Yeah, it was a publicity stunt hosted by 99-Cent Only Stores, but just think, no worries about renting a hall, what's on the menu or even contacting a minister, just plunk down your George Washington and get in line...
Recession prompts Americans to embrace the simple life
2:00PM 7/15/2009
It has taken a recession for people to realize that they don't need as many things as they once thought they did. According to a USA Today article, Americans have been prompted to pare back their lifestyles to match shrinking paychecks and rising environmental concerns.
The 2009 MetLife Study of...
Is the recession making us better people?
2:00PM 6/03/2009
In the past few months, as the economic downturn has left millions out of work and millions more struggling to make ends meet, many have directed their spare time and unused talents toward helping those who are less fortunate. While pundits and analysts attempt to explain the spike in volunteerism,...
A lesson from Seattle: Cat toys can save money
8:00AM 4/18/2009
There's a great item in the Seattle Times, where council members have found a way to save on laser pointers.The council had been using them during meetings. They'd use the laser pointer when pointing at a PowerPoint screen, but the pointers cost around $30 at an office-supply store, and it didn't...
Use your dishwasher right to save time and money
5:00PM 12/29/2008
On a recent CBS News Sunday Morning, an intelligent but little-known magazine show (which is sort of like NPR for your TV), contributor Nancy Giles set out to test a few of those old wives' tales about dishwashers. Like those nerdy goofs on Mythbusters, she put a few old saws to the test and found...
Ten cars you can live in when they repossess your house
1:10PM 10/21/2008
File this one under: News you can use.Living in your car. It's one way to save a whole lot of money. We feature here, courtesy of Jalopnik, Ten cars you could probably live in if your house is repossessed. With all the bad financial news spiraling down into worse financial news, you might be...
As I age, and my short-term memory fades, I rely on lists more than ever: at any given time, I have several going, on bits of scrap paper next to the computer, on a notepad I keep next to the driver's seat in my car, and in a master notebook of everything I need to do for the next say, three months...
Want to save a fortune? Get rid of your junk!
6:00PM 1/30/2008
Reduce Reuse Recycle, Simplification, Relationships, Family Money
One of the toughest things about moving to New York was adjusting to the change in space. In Southwest Virginia, my wife and I rented a two-story, three-bedroom house with a huge living room and kitchen, a work area in the basement, a washer, dryer, dishwasher, and about a quarter acre of yard....
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