Asking friends and family to give you fewer gifts can be met with confusion or even hostility. But if it's done with careful consideration, you can make everyone happy.
Have a bottle of vinegar in your pantry? Use it to save your rhododendrons, to attempt to choose the sex of your unborn child, and in other unexpected ways.
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15 Ways to Prevent Your Smartphone From Wasting Data
It's so easy to use up your available data and go over your monthly plan. Here are some clever ways to keep that from happening.
Ask the Readers: Are Checks a Thing of the Past? (Chance to win $20!)
Let us know if checks are still a part of your life, and you'll be entered to win onf of two $20 Amazon gift cards!
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Car designers have been creating small, practical runabouts for decades. Here are 10 fun and cute cars you probably won't ever see parked at Costco.
5 Mental Habits That Make the Rich Richer
You've hear of mind over matter? Here's how the rich put their minds over their money.
Yes, You Need Home Title Insurance — Here's Why
Home title insurance is one more fee in the closing costs pile. Do you really need it?
4 Financial Mistakes That Limit Your Freedom
The mistakes you make with money hurt more than your finances — they limit your freedom. Are you making any of these mistakes?
Garden Ideas for Small Spaces
With a move on the horizon, from residential house to suburban apartment, I realize I can't forgo the garden.
6 Unexpected Benefits of Solo Travel
There's no need to travel with a crowd. Seeing the world solo is often the best way to see it.
The Art of Asking for Fewer Gifts
Asking friends and family to give you fewer gifts can be met with confusion or even hostility. But if it's done with careful consideration, you can make everyone happy.
The Buy-Nothing Lifestyle: Lessons from a Frugal Experiment
Ready to drastically cut your spending? Learn what it's like from these folks who challenged themselves to buy nothing for a month — or longer.
6 Things You'll Encounter When Taking Over a Loved One's Finances
Chances are most of us will eventually have to manage our parents' money. It's not as easy as it looks.
16 Home Purchases for Under $10 That Are Well Worth the Money
Sometimes being frugal is about making do. These 16 home essentials will make your life easier — and none of them cost more than 10 bucks.
10 Weird and Wonderful Ways to Use Vinegar
Have a bottle of vinegar in your pantry? Use it to save your rhododendrons, to attempt to choose the sex of your unborn child, and in other unexpected ways.
Consumer Consciousness: Questions to Ask Before You Buy
It's easy to avoid making purchases you'll regret later; learn the 14 questions to ask yourself before you buy something new.
Making Money From Clinical Trials: Worth the Risk?
Participating in a clinical trial can deliver a sizable payday in a short period of time...but is the money worth the risk?
Unexpected Roommates: How to Get Rid of Roaches
People say that these bugs will survive a nuclear apocalypse with good reason, but there are (thankfully) effective ways to get rid of roaches.
The 9 Types of Horrible Bosses – And How to Manage Them
Unless you work for yourself, you answer to a boss — who may be doing more harm to your career than good. Beware these nine toxic bosses!
6 Times You Need to Update Your Will
If you have a will, you're already ahead of the curve. But you need to make sure it's updated, too.
4 Vacation Destinations Where Eating Healthy Is Surprisingly Cheap
If you vacation in the following countries, you can actually eat healthy for very little money.
Turn brass pennies into gold.
This alchemist turns pennies into gold.