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Eat well on $50 a week: Challenge, or no duh?

5:00PM 11/06/2009

Simplification, Personal Finance, Food, Family Money

The headlines for various projects and challenges to eat on a small food budget always slurp me in with their titillation, the gauntlet-throwing, and immediately I ask myself: could I do it? The answer always disappoints, because I'm either doing it already or find the challenge so impossible it's...

Recession tales: Bartering exchanges 'lame' for 'hip'

3:00PM 11/05/2009

By Sarah Gilbert

Simplification, Economy

I was helping my second-grader with his homework; he was reluctant to read a the little copy-printed book on bartering, saying, with full eye-rolls, that he'd already read it. So we read it together, and worked through the questions at the end. Suddenly his eyes lit up. "You and dad barter!" he...

Too much candy? Donate (some of it) to a good cause

3:45PM 11/02/2009

By Julie Tilsner

Simplification, Charity, Family Money

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...

Extreme Makeover's Michael Moloney: If you can't afford to renovate, then edit

12:30PM 10/30/2009

By Jason Cochran

Simplification, People, Video, Economizer, Family Money, Saving Money

Lots of us find that at the end of the month, we don't have any money left. The recession has forced millions of Americans to put off dreams of renovating or redesigning their homes. Designer Michael Moloney has a gift for quick and effective decor. After all, he whips up stunning new rooms within...

Five Halloween kids' costumes you can make at home

11:30AM 10/30/2009

By Bonnie McCarthy

Home, Simplification, Family Money

If you hear bloodcurdling screams and ghastly groaning this Halloween, it's coming from retailers. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF) consumer spending for the holiday is expected to drop from the average of $66.54 spent last year to a recession rocked $56.31 for 2009. In 2008,...

Cell phones: Latest not always the greatest

4:30PM 10/28/2009

By Josh Smith

Simplification, Technology, Retail

In a few short weeks Sprint and Palm will launch the new Palm Pixi, a smartphone that hopes to capitalize on the popularity of the Palm Pre which is powered by the same acclaimed WebOS software. There's no doubt that the Palm Pixi smaller and newer than the Palm Pre, but is the newest cell phone...

Fakes: How scammers are targeting you this holiday season

1:00PM 10/28/2009

By Josh Smith

Simplification, Technology, Retail, Crime

With Christmas less than 60 days away, the shopping season has already begun, which means scammers are on the lookout for some holiday happiness of their own in the form of your money and information. In order to keep you abreast of the latest holiday scams we spoke to Fred Touchette, a security...

Quicken 2010: Faster, simpler and welcomes MS Money users

6:00PM 10/23/2009

By Josh Smith

Simplification, Technology, Personal Finance, Banking

This week Intuit released Quicken 2010, the latest update to the popular Quicken line of personal finance software. Included in the release are several features and enhancements to provide a better user experience in Quicken 2010 as well as an easy-to-use conversion tool to help Microsoft Money...

Food Network's Sandra Lee: 'No way' smart shoppers should buy generic

12:00PM 10/23/2009

By Jason Cochran

Bargains, Simplification, People, Recession Diaries, Video, Economizer, Charity, Food

This Sunday evening, Food Network star Sandra Lee appears as a volunteer on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and she'll be pitching in to collect something she knows a lot about: canned foods. Lee has crafted a mini-empire out of her DIY advice that teaches people to take economical shortcuts with...

Out-of-network ATM fees? iPhone Apps to the rescue

9:00AM 10/22/2009

By Josh Smith

Simplification, Technology, Economizer, Personal Finance, Banking

When one bank fee dies, another one is born to fill its place; so what's a consumer to do? Well, thanks to technology, keeping on top of your accounts and locating a nearby surcharge-free ATM is as easy as updating your Facebook status. With ATM fees rising and bank fees as a whole on the rise,...