Living on a Budget

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    44 Well-Made Products You’ll Never Have to Buy Again

    Lifetime guarantees are increasingly rare in the retail world, but consumers bear at least some of the blame. A horde of online dumpster divers forced L.L. Bean to discontinue its lifetime guarantee after they raided secondhand shops for goods they…

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    Broke on Mother’s Day? Here Are 8 Sweet and Thoughtful Gestures To Show Mom You Care

    When it comes to Mother’s Day, thoughtful and sweet gestures are worth their weight in gold (or flowers). Luckily, you don’t have to break the bank to show mom how much you love and appreciate her; performing a simple gesture…

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    11 Ways You’re Wasting Energy at Home (and How To Stop!)

    With summer quickly approaching, it also means our energy bills are likely to rise as we crank up our AC systems to keep cool. But wasting electricity at home is an easy trap to fall into, especially when we’re unaware of…

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    8 Hilarious Examples of Super Low-Budget DIY Ingenuity

    We like to think that the concept of low-budget DIY ingenuity is like ‘Murica meets MacGyver. When you don’t have something you need and also don’t have the means to obtain that certain something, you make do with what you’ve…

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    Retire Cheaply and Still Enjoy Your Life With These 18 Tips

    If you’re like most people, you look forward to retirement with a mix of excitement and dread, and if you’ve saved little for retirement, the latter can outweigh the former. The experts at Fidelity recommend having 10 times your salary…

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    50 Ways to Save Big at the Grocery Store

    From clipping coupons to using cash-back apps to knowing which items to avoid, shoppers employ many tactics to reduce grocery bills. With an ever-growing array of tempting foods to impulsively add to a shopping cart, learning tips and tricks to…