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How to Be in a Wedding Without Breaking the Bank
Getting married is a major social event that involves family and friends. Pre-wedding celebrations abound, from the engagement party to the shower to wine and cake tastings. Post-wedding festivities are increasingly in vogue, not to mention destination bachelor/bachelorette parties. While…
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Resorts Too Pricey? Take a Volunteer Vacation for Less
Images of sandy beaches, warm weather, and a cool drink may come to mind when thinking about that next vacation. How about helping to rescue animals, picking olives, or building a house instead? Sure, these volunteer projects seem an awful…
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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 result of two prior successes — she raised two children…
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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 diversity of the student body, and the local surroundings all…
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Package Forwarding Comparison: Shop in the U.S. From Anywhere
Whether you’ve made a permanent move overseas or find yourself on temporary assignment, chances are there’s something from home that you want. Online ordering is iffy: International shipping fees are astronomical and, in any event, the retailer may not ship…
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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 latest issue of ShopSmart magazine winnows the field to 10…
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10 Things You Can Write Off Your Taxes When Self-Employed
Tax day is fast approaching, and for the self-employed, the days remaining until April 15 can be harried. You need to keep your business going while assembling all the necessary…
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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…
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Why Now Is the Time to Sign Up for Amazon Prime
Amazon is upping the cost of a yearly Prime membership to $99 from $79, a 25 percent increase, and raising the Amazon Prime price for students to $49 from $39.…
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Best Cheap Replacements for Ousted 60-Watt Light Bulbs
For those who haven’t heard, the classic incandescent light bulb — a staple for more than a century — has officially been phased out. It fails to meet new efficiency…
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Free Prom Apps to Help You Plan a Perfect Night
For students of a certain age, the end of the school year is synonymous with prom. Whether attending this penultimate high school event in a group or with a date,…
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Easing the Financial Cost of a Death in the Family
Whether sudden or expected, the death of a loved one is emotionally wrenching. At a time when logical thinking is most compromised, you have make decisions and arrangements. It’s easy…
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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,…
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How to Dress Like a Hipster on the Cheap
The hipster image arose when the latest generation of cool kids cultivated a style outside the mainstream. Now that style has, ironically, gone mainstream. Trappings that used to be alternative…
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Rawpixel / istockphoto 4 Best Low-Cost Dog Foods and How to Choose the Right One
Who knew picking out the best food for your dog could be such a challenge? Dog owners these days are faced with all sorts of conflicting advice: dry kibble only;…
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How to Get a Cheap or Free Pregnancy Test (and Not Worry It’s Wrong)
When women think they may be pregnant, they often feel the need to take several at-home pregnancy tests “just to be sure.” Because pregnancy tests can be expensive, a few…
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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…
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Ramona Heim/shutterstock 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…