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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

Feb 21, 2012: January ushered in a new year which will hopefully be filled with niceties and abundance. We've kept our fingers crossed for it :). In this fresh year, we are grateful to the personal finance community for sending traffic our way. Three cheers for January's top traffic referrers:
Jonathan via My Money Blog
Wall Street Journal
Financial Nut
CEngage Learning
Matt About Money
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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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Feb 14, 2012: We wish you a wonderful Valentine's Day :). Hope you have great fun and some treasured moments to cherish for a lifetime. Here is our ode to St. Valentine:
One legend says, while awaiting his execution, Valentinus restored the sight of his jailer's blind daughter. Another legend says, on the eve of his death, he penned a farewell note to the jailer's daughter, signing it, "From your

Today we found this amazing commercial from Evian featuring babies on roller skates. It's hilarious yet conveys a subtle message about the product. The technology used to simulate motion of babies with music is mind boggling. The song is "Rapper's Delight" by Dan The Automator.


Let us know whether you liked it or not. Create a wonderful weekend ahead :).

GoodDayToday, 2012:TurboTax is the leading tax software for filing taxes. So we were glad to find some good TurboTax deals which are offering up to 43% in savings on TurboTax 2011 software. It's best to maximize our savings. The more we keep our hard earned dollars in our pockets the better off we are :).

This year, each TurboTax 2011 product includes FREE federal e-file and unlimited printed

Feb 08, 2012: A common notion is that if we work hard at our jobs, save diligently and then invest our hard earned money in a well diversified portfolio which promises an average return of at least 8% on the long run, our financial future would be safe and secure. There are many real life stories that have proven the viability of this concept. But the current economic downturn does not guarantee

Here are some great OfficeMax coupons that can come in handy if you are planning to make some big ticket purchases for office supplies. These coupons from OfficeMax can give you substantial savings if you are planning to buy tax or personal finance software. We hope that these Office Max coupons help save your hard earned dollars.

OfficeMax Coupon Code - $15 OFF
$15 OFF your Next Purchase of

GoodDayQuickbooks Pro is one of the most popular accounting software packages in the small business segment. The latest edition, Quickbooks Pro 2012, comes with new features that help a business owner to get a quick view of his invoices, billing, and other important tasks in a new calendar format. Other new goodies include the ability to export your QuickBooks data to Excel & save your formatting

Flying with AAdvantage miles is really cool, it saves money and takes you to great destinations. To make the experience of flying FREE with AAdvangtage miles really sweet, Citi has come out with a great offer. You can now earn 30,000 American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles after $750 in purchases within the first 4 months of card membership.

It does not end there. You can receive a one-time

Staples has a recycling program which allows you to trade in ink cartridges. You can now recycle your empty ink and toner cartridges at any Staples store and earn $2 per cartridge in Staples Rewards. You can use Staples Rewards currency to buy what you need at any Staples store or online or over the phone.

Staples Ink Cartridge Trade In Link

There is a limit of recycling 10 cartridges per

GoodDayIf you are looking for ways to monitor your credit scores (Equifax, Experian and Transunion or FICO score), get detailed credit reports, simulate actions to see how you can improve your credit scores or get a handle on identity theft, then Equifax's suite of personal credit products is the way to go. On the other hand if you are about to apply for a housing loan then you can save several

Jan 31, 2012: January, the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, is named for Janus (Ianuarius), the God of the Doorway. In Latin, the word for door is "ianua" - January is the door to the year.

The name has its beginnings in Roman mythology. Traditionally, the original Roman calendar consisted of 10 months which summed up to 304 days. Winter was considered a month less

GoodDayJan 27, 2012: TurboTax and Quicken (Intuit Inc.) have tied up together to offer some great Quicken TurboTax Bundles. Now you can track your income and spending in one place and enjoy a faster tax prep in one go.

For a limited time Amazon is offering a special rebate which will save you $25 when you buy a Quicken and TurboTax bundle (Combo Deal). This offer expires April 30, 2012.

To

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.

Jan 19, 2011: Vanguard's chairman and CEO Jack Brennan has nearly three decades of valuable experience in investing at this great firm. He has observed that successful long term investors share some common traits. Here is our spin to his observations.
Plan Ahead: Successful retirees planned well ahead of time to meet their retirement's financial needs and they walked the talk triumphantly. This

Ever tempted to just stop paying your credit card bills? I mean, what's the worst that could really happen? Here is an infographic to explain how your creditors might retaliate if you stop sending them money each month. (Hint: the pipes get rustier and the rats get uglier the further down you go.) Don't let this happen to you!
SpendOnLife.com has designed a wonderful graphic poster titled "Don't

Jan 01, 2012: We wish you a wonderful new year ahead. May everything that you need for a better life materialize this year :).

At this auspicious start of a pristine year, we wish that all beings of the universe experience peace, joy and love. We also pray that there be no wars or natural disasters this year.


This is a great time to set new goals. We are in the process of setting some simple

Dec 31, 2011: As 2011 goes out the door into the archives of the past, we welcome 2012 with a picture essay of our goals focused on having fun, learning, loving and more .........

2011 is going to finish - Go Baby Go - You're nearly there!

Oops! Now we need to face 2012.

Boy! There may be risks involved.

We may face roadblocks.

It always pays to stay alert.

Who has seen tomorrow! Today

Dec 27, 2011: Harbin, the freezing capital city of Heilongjiang province in north China and located on the edge of Siberia has built the world's largest Santa Claus ice sculpture. This sculpture was the star attraction of the ice festival which was expected to attract an estimated 800,000 tourists, 90 per cent of them Chinese. The enormous Santa with a flowing beard and hat is 160 meters long and