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Stop Losing Your Stuff With These 6 Simple Tricks
Tired of misplacing your keys around the house? Get smart about how you store and use your stuff, and everything lost is always found.
7 Easy Ways to Save on Travel Gear
If you're gearing up for a travel adventure, don't go any further until you've explored this collection of travel equipment savings strategies.
The 5 Best Diapers
Keeping your baby clean and accident-free isn't easy, but it can be. Use any of these diapers and there's will much less mess with your little one.
The 7 Dumbest Big Purchases People Make
Remember when 3D TVs were all the rage? Sometimes even smart people make bad purchasing decisions. Consider that and six other doozies.
4 Ways Stores Trick Us Into Impulse Buys (And How to Resist)
Retailers go to a lot of effort to make your purchases effortless. Watch out for these ploys designed to get you to buy more than you need.
This One Easy Strategy Will Lead to Better Decisions
Before you decide on anything, try on all your options. How do they feel?
It's Never Too Late to Fix These 5 Money Mistakes From Your Past
Sure, you made a few money missteps in your youth. It's time to forgive yourself, move on, and tackle your finances like a grown up.
6 Important Credit Card Lessons Your Parents Didn't Teach You
Chances are, your parents didn't pass down these sage pearls of credit card wisdom. It's never too late to learn new credit card tricks.
Airline Credit Card or Flexible Rewards Card: What's the Best Way to Earn a Free Flight?
You can take to the skies for free with an airline credit card or a flexible rewards card. Which is right for you?
12 Tricks That Make You Look Skinnier (Without Being Skinnier)
Look your best even when you aren't feeling your best with a few clever shape-shifting tricks.
How to Insure Jewelry for Cheap (or Free!)
Jewelry insurance doesn't need to be expensive. In fact, there are ways of insuring your rings, bracelets, and other baubles without paying a dime!
How to Buy Like a Pro at Country Auctions
Ready, set, bid! From how to get started to why you should never use your number as a fan, learn the ins and outs of buying at country auctions.
Homemade Lotion Recipes
For luscious, organic lotion, making your own is the way to go. Follow these recipes to have some seriously happy, healthy, and moisturized skin.
10 Things to Know Before You Start a Home Improvement Project
Don't take a hammer to that wall you want to tear down until you consider these things first.
Best Money Tips: Make Extra Income With These Flexible Side Gigs
Today we found some great articles on flexible side gigs that will help you make some extra money, popular home upgrades that aren’t worth it, and using social media to save money.
Best Money Tips: 5 Ways to Get in "The Zone"
Today we found articles on ways to get in the zone, how to maximize Social Security benefits, and housekeeping tips for the domestically challenged.
4 Simple Ways to Conquer Your Fear of Investing
Don't be daunted by the stock market. With a little change in outlook, you can conquer your investing fears.
31 Great Gifts That Keep on Giving
Don't give something that'll end up in the junk drawer. Instead, try one of these creative gifts that will be appreciated for months (or even years!) to come.
9 Home Improvements You Should Always Negotiate
Hiring pros to tackle your biggest home improvement projects is unavoidable. What is avoidable is paying exactly what they ask.
5 Tax Mistakes Freelancers Need to Stop Making
When you run your own business, taxes can be tricky. Don't let these tax mistakes derail your freelance finances.