Living on a Budget

  • 10 Ideas for a Budget-Friendly Guys’ or Girls’ Night In

    Taylor Swift is the new queen of girls’ night in. Every week, it seems, Swift posts another photo on Instagram of herself with her famous friends cooking, singing, and dancing in the living room. No doubt guys and girls alike…

  • Enroll in Automatic Bill Pay and Save

    Automatic bill pay is yet another perk of the ever-evolving instantaneous Internet age. Many consumers take advantage of this convenient, rewarding way of paying bills. Others remain wary about authorizing a company to withdraw funds directly from their bank account…

  • Save $400: Take the Frugal Month Challenge in February

    The holidays may provide a festive reprieve from the daily grind, but as a rule of thumb, they’re not good for your wallet. With January comes a return to real life and living on a tight budget as you pay…

  • 10 Tips for Sewing Your Way to Savings

    Sewing does require skill, no doubt about that. But for certain projects around the house or in your closet, it may be a worthwhile skill to learn and put to use. Sewing can save you a bundle on clothing and…

  • 11 Things You Should Be Renting Instead of Buying

    Recent years have seen the flowering of the rental economy. What started with streaming services such as Netflix and Pandora has become a full-on profusion of rental options as an alternative to buying. The upshot is less personal debt, less…

  • 10 Deal Finders to Follow in 2015

    Bargain hunters, rejoice: There are more tools than ever to help you find sales, deals, and coupon codes. Companies whose sole purpose is to make finding coupons and coupon codes easier have even gone public. And yet, it’s not always…

  • 50 Best Money-Saving Tips of the Year

    Another year is coming to an end, presenting a chance to reflect on what we learned during the past 12 months. From electricity costs to credit cards, we’ve covered it…

  • What Are the Best Free Resources for Learning Personal Finance?

    From 401(k)s to the monthly budget, personal finance can be a dull and difficult subject to master. Countless articles and paid and free courses tackle the matter from a variety…

  • Should You Head Outside the City for Cheaper Gas?

    Have you ever made a U-turn to reach the gas station on the other side of the street because the price is cheaper than at the one straight ahead? But…

  • Is Free Money Worth It?

    You’ve no doubt received a flyer in the mail or seen the billboards: Open a new checking account with us and receive $100 cash! Sounds like a deal, to be…

  • Save an Easy $100 by Unplugging These Devices

    Just because the TV is turned off doesn’t mean it isn’t consuming energy. Millions and millions of watts of “phantom energy” are used every day by unsuspecting electric customers. When…

  • Advice From the Minimum Wage Front Lines

    Mysti Reutlinger has been through tough times. Although now in the process of starting her own business in the Cheyenne, Wyoming area — the third in six years and the…

  • College Tours: How Students Can Visit for Free

    As high school students prepare to spend the next several years and thousands of dollars earning an undergraduate degree, finding the right college is critical. The atmosphere on campus, the…

  • Narrowing a Multitude of Money-Saving Tools to 10 Essentials

    Every day, it seems, a new digital destination promises to save consumers money. But who has time to cycle through a lengthy roster of bookmarks in search of deals? The…

  • 7 Steps to Landing a College Scholarship

    There is such a thing as free money when it comes to paying for college — if you know where to look. Between merit-based scholarships and grants for students in…

  • 4 Ways to Teach Your Kids About Frugality

    “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without” was, at one time, the modus operandi of many families in America. Since then, we’ve become a consumer-oriented,…

  • Declutter Your Bills: 3 Steps to Save You Money

    Are you sitting in the midst of stacks of documents and receipts, trying to get organized before filing your income tax return? As you wade through the data, you might…

  • 11 Essential Rules for Negotiating a Discount

    Coupons at the grocery store, weekly sales at the clothing store, and memberships at the discount store are all routes to the best deals. But there are no coupons for…