Showing posts with label FrugalTips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FrugalTips. Show all posts

Smart Refrigeration Lowers Electricity Bill

This week a casual incident taught us a few things about frugal living. While shopping for groceries we bumped into an old friend from high school. We were close friends but had lost touch since we graduated. There was so much to catch up with but a grocery store seemed the last place in the world for doing so. Spontaneously we invited him to have dinner with us. He graciously accepted and

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10 Smart Money Saving iPhone Apps

Feb 16, 2012: The iPhone App Box is a phenomena in itself with an incredible number of unique applications. If you own an iPhone, you can make use of these apps in your day to day life. The app store has some great personal finance apps that can help you save a lot of money. Here are some tips that can help you make good use of your iPhone apps and also stick to your budget.

Happy Hours App
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Top 5 Freebie Websites

Jan 24, 2012: We like to collect freebies. Over the years this liking has developed into a creative hobby which has a tidy annual payoff worth hundreds of dollars in savings. But this habit involves investment of time and energy. Too bad that it's not free. We guess somewhere we've got to pay in some sort of currency for what we get in life! In short, nothing in the universe is really free.

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Frugal Creative Gift Ideas for Holiday Cards

Dec 13, 2011: Creativity bundled with enthusiasm knows no bounds. And Holidays provide special opportunities to express it. More so since this is one of those rare times of the year when we can give in abundance to our loved ones. Creative personalized ideas help to use our resources skillfully without breaking our budgets. In that light, we present some creative inspirations for this holiday

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12 Tips To Lower Your Heating Bill

Jan 17, 2012: The cost of energy is rising everyday. Whether it be electricity, gas, water or sewage, our utility bills are becoming higher with each passing month. Consequently most of us are looking for ways to trim our energy expenses and boost our savings. The cost of heating our houses in winter is always a major concern.

The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that a typical U.S. family

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Ink Cartridge Trade-In - Office Depot

Office Depot is running a recycle program for ink cartridges. Now you can trade in ink cartridges and toners (old and empty ones, of course) in an Office Depot Store and earn $3 back in rewards. Recycling Rewards will be granted up to 20 cartridges per month only.

Office Depot - Ink Cartridge Trade-in Link

It's interesting to note that Office Depot has helped recycle over 58.8 million ink and

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FREE courses from MIT available online

Aug 18, 2011: For those of you who are interested in advancing your knowledge through formal coursework, MIT is offering its courses online, FREE for everyone. The site has been given the name MIT Open Course Ware. It offers different courses in diverse subject areas.


As FIRE seekers we are interested in courses on Economics and certain topics of Finance offered by Sloan School of Management.

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Back To School - Super Savers Guide

Aug 29, 2011: Back to school season is here. Parents and students alike are busy planning, budgeting and shopping to meet the semester head on. With rising tuition and increasing costs of school as well as college education, getting our kids back to school can be a major drain on our pockets if we don't plan it well. It gets better if we can get our kids to cooperate with us :). Well, easier said

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Save Money On Trash Can Liners

Jul 12, 2011: Trash cans are a part and parcel of every household. So are trash can liners. It might pay to pause for a moment and reflect on our annual expenditure on trash bags.

Usually we need trash bags of three different sizes - for our kitchen, bathrooms and bedrooms. A roll of trash bags containing 30 replacements often lasts us three months. Since we purchase three rolls of different

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Top 7 Energy Saving Tips for this Summer

Jun 14, 2011: Every summer as the heat steps up so does our utility bill. This year we are planning ahead on cutting back our energy consumption for the summer. It will do good to our environment and help us pocket a nice saving as well. After all, it makes sense to invest our hard earned dollars rather than giving them away to utility companies. Each dollar saved can help us go a long way if a

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Gas is Expensive? Think Again

May 25, 2010: We know that gasoline is not cheap. Neither do these examples suggest that gasoline is cheap. They simply illustrate how outrageous some prices are. Since we purchase these commodities in small quantities we're usually not aware about how expensive they are. More so, when compared to gasoline. Really, this set of data coerced us to think, and aided in correcting our perspective.

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Top 5 Ways To Trim Our Grocery Bills

Feb 08, 2012: We decided to optimize our grocery expenses and pull the strings on our food budget even tighter. So we spent some time researching on ways to cut down our grocery bill. In the process we discovered some fascinating facts. Economic Research Service, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has compiled data showing that an average American spends more than 30 percent of

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Costco Membership Discount Coupon - Save upto $50 OFF A New Costco Membership!

GoodDayJan 31, 2011: The annual cost of a basic Costco Gold Star membership is $50, while that of an Executive Membership is $100. Today we found a couple of special sign up codes, which will give you two months of FREE Costco membership when you join Costco online using any Amex card. In addition, Executive Members will get a $10 Costco Cash Card.

If you don't have an Amex card consider getting

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Car Pool, Ride Share, Hitch Hike your way to Fun & Dollars

Jan 26, 2011: We love to drive :). We don't own a Merc or a Beemer, we drive our sedan for the sheer joy of it. Driving through woods and around hills fills us with immense peace.

Yet there are days when we wished someone else was at the wheels so that we could relax for a while. Bad boss, uncooperative colleague, difficult deadlines, too many meetings - often build up a lot of stress. Imagine

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Save Your Wallet With These Penny Hacks

Aug 09, 2010: Every couple of months our wallets wear out due to the stress of bulging coins on the soft leather. Often the cost of replacing a wallet varies from $10 to $25. We're wondering about ways to optimize this expense. One possible solution is to increase the life of the wallet. Another one is to do away with the use of a wallet! Since we need a wallet, we chose to go with the former one

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Top 10 DMV Secrets!

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]
Jul 28, 2010: It's that time of the year when we are needed to renew our cars' registrations and our driving licenses. We were trying to figure out how to go about doing the tasks online. At DMV's website we found that the rules vary from state to state. So we had to dig on a little further.

In the process

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$6000! Save Your Hard Earned Money

Sep 13, 2011: We have all heard the saying "Tiny drops of water make an ocean". Over years, life has taught us that tiny savings can go a long way in making us wealthy. Many of our friends say that small daily expenses do not matter as long as we are earning a lot of money.

But we have always felt that high salaries are only one side of the story. The main issue that makes a difference on how

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10 Frugal Travel Tips for Your Summer Vacation

Today we have the pleasure of introducing Heather Johnson through her guest post. Heather is a regular commentator on the subject of credit card types. She welcomes your feedback and potential job inquiries at heatherjohnson2323 at gmail dot com.


Jun 02, 2010: The summer is upon us, as evident by the children who were cartwheeling out of school this past Friday. Like many people, you are

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How to Remove Burnt Smell from a Microwave?

May 26, 2010: We had a dramatic event at our household over the weekend. A couple of friends along with their families had dropped by to watch a movie. One of their kids wanted some popcorn. So this little one headed to our kitchen, put the popcorn on, pressed 22 instead of 2 minutes, and rushed out of the kitchen.

Soon the smoke alarm went off, and we rushed to the kitchen. There was smoke

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FREE Nationwide Musuems Admission Passes - Courtesy Bank Of America

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]

Apr 26, 2010: If you are planning to visit a museum soon then your Bank of America (BOA) check, ATM or credit card can become a FREE ticket to art and culture at over 70 nationwide museums. BOA's promotion "Museums On Us" will allow you to get free museum admissions on the first weekend of every month.

All

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