Entries from August 2009

Monday, August 31st, 2009

3 Ways to Prep Your Car To Sell

Cash for Clunkers may be over, but that doesn’t mean that people aren’t still interested in buying and selling cars. If you’re thinking it’s time to trade your old vehicle for a new one, there are things you can do to help yourself get the most money for your car, clunker or not. With that [...]

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Back-to-School Savings Video

Check out my video on four ways to save on back-to-school shopping, which I taped at the Kearney, New Jersey Walmart in late August!

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Freebie Friday (August 28-September 3, 2009)

OMG, it’s September already–well it will be next week. That means the kids are back in school (yeah!). However, that doesn’t mean the freebies stop. Check out this week’s freebies below. Free Food Kids 12 and under can enjoy “breakfast for dinner” for free at IHOP through September 13th. From 4 pm to 10 pm, [...]

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

DIY Laundry Post Still #1

I’m shocked that my post on how to make DIY laundry detergent continues to be the number one post on this blog. I had no idea that so many people were interested in learning this recipe. Speaking of which what other DIY “recipes” would you like to see me cover in the near future? Who [...]

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

4 Tips for Spending Less on College Textbooks

I’m working on a new project that had me researching average college costs. While tuition, room and board are important to know about, most college websites included an estimate of how much money you might end up spending on textbooks. Though I’ve been out of college for a few years now, I still remember the [...]

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

3 Frugal Renovation Tips

As we are slowly making our way through this home renovation, I find myself coming up with additional, frugal ways to get the job done. I’ve already explained the work we did to keep 10 grand in our hands. Here are three other tricks we’ve discovered to keep our budget on track and the redo [...]

Monday, August 24th, 2009

9 Ways to Save on Back-to-School Shopping

According to a recent National Retail Federation survey, the average family expects to spend about $550 on back-to-school shopping. I’m sorry but in today’s economy, that’s way too much to spend. About the time I was trying to wrap my head around that number, Walmart approached me about working with them on putting together money-saving [...]

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Freebie Friday (August 21-27, 2009)

Summer is almost over, and it feels like the freebies are, too. Bummer. But there are still a few delicious goodies to be had. Enjoy! Free Food Through August 31, anyone with an August birthday can stop by their local Domino’s to receive one free Lava Crunch Cake on their birthday! (Proof of date required, [...]

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Back to School Shopping on a Budget

(I’m reposting this since the video link didn’t work earlier.) Here is one of the back-to-school shopping on a budget segments that I appeared in during a satellite media tour yesterday. (Click here to watch the video. That’s just a screen shot below.) Tomorrow, I’ll post my list of tips!

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

10 Identify Theft Prevention Tips

My kids are at least four years away from going to college, but as a parent, I think it’s important to teach your child how to protect his or her identity–especially when going away to college. That’s why I was thrilled when I came across some advice from Intersections Inc., a leading global provider of [...]