Frugal Confessions Friday – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here is my frugal confession of the week: I am flying into Chicago today (as you are reading this!) to attend the Financial Blogger’s Conference. In order to save money on some of the travel costs I am rooming with Kylie Ofiu from 365 Ways to Make Money. She’s flying in [...]

Helping to Make One Grocery Trip Last Two Weeks

More and more people seem to be joining the twice-a-month grocery shopping bandwagon. We’ve been doing this for over a year now. Grocery shopping every other week is wonderful for our household: one less errand to run twice a month, we’re spending less money at the store, and we are planning our meals out much [...]

Grocery Store Secrets from Industry Experts

I caught a very interesting documentary on CNBC the other day called “Supermarkets Inc.: Inside a $500 Billion Money Machine”. It featured industry experts who offered an insight on some of the tactics retailers are using to get us to come home from the grocery store with more products than we had intended, and having [...]

How to Reduce Your Energy Bill and Save Money

This article is brought to you by uSwitch. With gas and electricity prices spiralling consumers are looking for ways of saving money. As well as establishing an energy saving regime in the home which can reduce the average fuel bill by up to £250 according to the Government it is worth shopping around to compare [...]

Frugal Confessions – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here is my frugal confession of the week: We have finally gotten rain down here in Houston, TX! We are 25 inches behind for the year, but had a slow-rainy day (with one ten minute down pour) last Saturday that was followed up by gray/dreariness of the best kind (if it [...]

Mined Consumer Purchasing Records Used in Court

I would venture to say that all stores who have loyalty card programs have a privacy policy where they reassure consumers that our information will not be sold or shared with third parties. When you sign onto search engine reward programs, you click off that you’ve read and agreed with the Terms of Service which [...]

Make Your Business More Energy Efficient

This article is brought to you by uSwitch for Business. With around 50 per cent of the UK’s energy consumption coming from businesses, it is no wonder that today’s energy conscious companies are looking for ways to cut their business energy usage. By just shopping around online and making some small changes within your office [...]

Smart Stores: Consumer Monitoring in Exchange for Your Information

At a Walgreen’s cash register the other day a catalina printed out along with my receipt. I got excited, as these are normally for products that I use. However this time the catalina was $4 off on any (1) Stoppain® Pain Relieving Product. Ah—they must have thought I had pain from all of the low-dose [...]

Frugal Confessions Friday – Frugal Living

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! Here is my frugal confession of the week: Thanks to Money Saving Mom, I was able to snag 200 photos from Kodak for $1.99…and they are being shipped to my house! This is perfect because I am collecting all of our pre-wedding, wedding, and post-wedding photos so that I can make [...]

Business Van Insurance is Vital

This article is brought to you by Construct A Quote. The main myths surrounding van insurance is that it is hugely expensive and not likely to cover everything you need. For a trader who needs to use a van, the requirement for proper, adequate insurance is as important as shop insurance to a shop keeper, [...]

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