Living on a Budget
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How to Buy a Mattress for Less Online
Buying a mattress is generally an unpleasant experience, with the kind of high-pressure salesmanship associated with buying a used car. Comparison shopping is all but futile; many mattresses from different brands or lines are essentially the same inside. Shoppers anxious…
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10 Ways Getting Married Saves You Money
Couples who have spent thousands on a wedding will be happy to hear there is some relief afterward. The Atlantic compared the finances of theoretical single women with their married counterparts, for instance, and calculated that marriage saves anywhere from…
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11 Ways to Save on School Lunches
By now many parents are facing the school lunch dilemma: Go to the trouble of packing lunch every day? Or give in to the easy and possibly less nutritious option of letting children buy lunch at school? With these 11…
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10 Tips for Booking Cheap Hotels Over the Holidays
Planning to visit family for the holidays, and the guest room is not an option? Now is the time to start looking for cheap holiday accommodations. For those who need only a place to spend the night, Cheapism has already…
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11 Ways to Catch Football Games for Less
The average non-premium NFL ticket cost $84.43 last season, according to Team Marketing Report, up 4.2 percent from 2013. Want to catch a playoff game or the Super Bowl in person? Expect to pay thousands. There are cheaper ways to…
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12 Overlooked Discounts You Don’t Want to Miss
Who doesn’t love a good bargain? Well, many of the discounts on this list are right in front of consumers but often overlooked. Others take a bit of digging. If you think you’ve uncovered every last source of savings, read…
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How to Live Off $50 a Week at the Dollar Store
College, unemployment, or another major life change can require a major cut in spending to survive from week to week. There may still be a stigma attached to buying food…
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Cheap Holiday Travel: How Early Should You Book?
Whether you’re planning to head home for the holidays, visit family, or take a vacation, the question of when to lock in cheap holiday airfare is always a hot topic.…
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10 Things You’ll Regret Buying Too Cheap
This is a nation of bargain hunters, addicted to thrift, but there are times the cheapest option just doesn’t make sense. An item is no bargain when it must be…
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10 Ways to Save Money on Laundry
Laundry drains time and money, whether it’s done at home or at a laundromat. According to Quora users, the cost per load at a laundromat is more than $3, while…
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10 Ways to Find Affordable Child Care
Child care is a struggle for many American families. The average cost of infant care ranges from $5,496 to $16,549 a year depending on the state, according to Child Care…
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25 Money-Saving Tips for Fall Shopping
As summer heat yields to cooler air, wardrobes and makeup typically need a seasonal overhaul. The changeover can be costly, prompting many women to tuck some warm-weather pieces into their…
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20 Ways to Save Money on a Honeymoon
The “big day” can put a big dent in a bank account, leaving very little leftover for a honeymoon. A post-wedding trip doesn’t have to be expensive to be extraordinary.…
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Spending Diary: Home Maintenance Is Eating My Renovation Budget
Our house in the country is under renovation just about all the time. It’s not particularly old, just particularly quirky. Much of it was built by the previous owners. Some…
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Spending Diary: Why I Shop at Farmers Markets
The first sign of summer, to me, is strawberries. I don’t eat fruit out of season, and come April I am thoroughly sick of oranges. By the time the first…
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Forget Paid TV: 10 Popular Free Roku Channels
There are lots of streaming devices on the market, from smart TVs to Chromecast to Amazon Fire TV. But the household leader, at least for now, is Roku, which entertains…
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10 Tips for the Ultimate Summer Staycation
Everyone deserves a break from the daily grind, whether it’s an all-out excursion to somewhere tropical or some low-key vacation time. In a recent survey commissioned by FatWallet, 81 percent…
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6 Ways to Churn Cheaper Ice Cream
The average price of ice cream has been steadily increasing over the years, to $5.04 a gallon in 2014 from $3.84 in 2004, according to data compiled by Statista. But…
