I admit, I'm a bad personal finance blogger. Rather, I was. I've been talking with my dear friend Gayla from MomGadget and we're going to work together to bring C3 to a whole new, awesome level! We've got major plans in store, so it's going to take a while. Meanwhile I'm going to be adding in regular … [Read more...]
Grow Your Green$ense Promotion from Citizens Bank – Win Money!
Citizens Bank has just relaunched a promotion for their Green$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 you … [Read more...]
How lucky can I get? Quitting smoking AND saving money?
Okay, so yesterday I went to my doctor (whom I hadn't seen in over a year) and I had one mission in mind: to get an Rx for Chantix, the stop-smoking drug. Here in NY, a pack of "premium brand" cigarettes is going up to about $6 a pack in a couple days. Figuring on a pack and a half a day (sometimes … [Read more...]
Save money and energy with new siding and windows
I had to write to announce something I've been super excited about for a few months... We're in the process of getting all new windows and siding on our house! :) Let me give a little background. This house was built in 1979, with 2-pane Andersen casement windows, and this MDF type "siding". I'll … [Read more...]
Quitting Smoking = More Money in the Can
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...]