Warning Signs That Your Car Costs Too Much

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It can be hard to confront financial problems head on sometimes. As the saying goes, denial isn’t just a river in Egypt. But it is important to take a good hard look at your finances before you dig yourself into a hole you can’t get out of. One area of expenditures that people often overlook … [Read more...]

How Do You Track Your Money?

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I'm working hard at getting more organized again... it's not that I'm having a whole lot of trouble paying bills, just paying them on time. I started up my little calendar again that I use to mark the days a bill is due, how much it is for, and when I've paid it. Yes, it's a real, paper calendar … [Read more...]

Grow Your Green$ense Promotion from Citizens Bank – Win Money!

Grow Your Green$ense

Citizens Bank has just relaunched a promotion for their Green$ense setup. Green$ense allows you to EARN up to $120 a year for using your Citizens checking card for paperless transactions. They've got a promotional game giveaway going on through the month of November 2008 that helps teach you where … [Read more...]

A dollar is a dollar, or is it? Saving on a small budget.

The bottom line, before I go any further, is that saving anything is better than saving nothing at all. It's something that I've had a hard time coming to terms with myself, and it's taken me quite some time to truly believe "better than nothing". I KNOW that there are people out there … [Read more...]

Quitting Smoking = More Money in the Can

Quit smoking and save $2000 a year!

Okay so today is the first time in 12 years that I'm going to go without a cigarette all day (I hope). I went to a New York State Quit Smoking website (NY residents only) and got 2 weeks of free nicotine patches. Hopefully this is going to work! I'm already battling the physical habit of grabbing … [Read more...]