This week's featured guest blogger, Alexi Bonari, of CollegeScholarships.com shares five fabulous coupon apps with us! Quick, get your phones out! - Jan These days, there’s an app for everything. Of course, there are many apps that offer coupons and discounts for many of your favorite shops. You don’t have to shop online to use the coupons – many display the coupon right on your phone’s screen, and you simply hold up your phone for scanning at the store. You can save money and … [Read more...]
Use Your Thoughts to Lose Weight
March 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Our Guest Blogger this week is Margaret Keely of Nursing-Courses.net. She has some good insights on how to lose weight! -Jan Losing weight is one of the hardest things to do. Just like everyone else, I’ve had my ups and downs with my own weight. After all, who doesn’t have any body weight issues? I’ve tried everything out there but I’ve come to realize that the number one thing you need to do to lose weight and take control of your health is to take control of your thoughts. If … [Read more...]
20 Most Popular Coupon Cities!
February 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Aaron Crowe, Creator of Tales of an Unemployed Dad & a financial editor for Aol's WalletPop Known for Coca-Cola, peach trees and Gone With the Wind, Atlanta now holds yet another honor: It is home to some of the most frugal shoppers in the country. According to data collected by Coupons.com, residents of Atlanta used the site's online coupons more than any other city in the country, printing an average of more than $1,000 in coupons in 2010, almost doubling … [Read more...]
How to Save Time with Better Focus: Quick Tips & Tricks
January 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Our Featured $uper $aver™ Guest this week is Maria Rainier. She shares with us her tips on saving time by keeping focused! - Jan When you’re trying to save money on everything from monthly utility bills to groceries to clothing, you’re putting a lot of energy into making sure you don’t waste your income. You probably have a budget for all of life’s little expenses, and if you’re like most people, you constantly track your credit card activity and keep a spreadsheet to … [Read more...]
The Simple Family Budget
January 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Our Featured $uper $aver™ Guest this week is Justine Anderson, with some simple tips for families to budget and save. Thanks, Justine! - Jan A family budget is perhaps one of the most crucial aspects of money management and personal finance. One thing we all take for granted and eventually miss out on are the rebates and coupons that are out there. One of the major sources of exceptional money-saving tactics come straight from your local newspaper--clippings we often forget to look … [Read more...]
6 Ways Green Will Save You Money (and Your Sanity)
January 11, 2011 By 1 Comment
Our Featured $uper $aver™ Guest this week is Maria Rainier. She shares with us her frugal green living advice! - Jan When someone says they’re trying their hand at green living, there’s an overwhelming impression that he or she has recently invested in a hybrid car or installed solar panels on their home (and charged it all on their trusty credit card, or a rich uncle died, or something). But here’s a secret: I’m a dirt-poor college graduate paying off loans. Being green … [Read more...]
Top 5 Tips for Women to Save Money – Part II: Rich Sister, Poor Sister
December 14, 2010 By 5 Comments
Our Featured $uper $aver™ Guest this week is Kathy Korman Frey, with some tips on how women can save time and money. This is sound advice we can all benefit from! - Jan As I mentioned in Part I, Today is about money. In my role as educator and “confidence guardian” for women, and my work teaching women in business at the George Washington School of Business exposes me to time and money dilemmas of all sorts, from all ages. Very much like the illustrative tale of Rich Dad, Poor … [Read more...]
Top 10 Tips for Women to Save Time – Part I
December 7, 2010 By 5 Comments
Our Featured $uper $aver™ Guest this week is Kathy Korman Frey, with some tips on how women can save time and money. This is sound advice we can all benefit from! - Jan In my work teaching women in business at the George Washington School of Business, I come across time and money dilemmas of all sorts, from all ages. Here are some fail-proof tips that work for the 18 year-old, straight through to the 80 year-old. I also share some of my most helpful personal tips and tricks developed … [Read more...]
How to Stop Junk Mail & Telemarketing Calls!
August 23, 2010 By 2 Comments
$uper $aver Dawn comes to us this week with advice on how to stop the madness of junk mail and telemarketing calls! I'm sure I'm not alone when I say I am MORE than annoyed by the influx of telemarketing phone calls and unwanted mail that I receive on a regular basis. I'm particularly concerned about the amount of junk mail my 70-year old mother receives daily. I sort my mail as soon as it comes through the door, but it you're not as efficient, it can really pile up. Junk mail is … [Read more...]
Medicare Charges, Beware!
August 21, 2010 By 1 Comment
I would like to introduce my friend, Chuck Kulig, founder of the non-profit site that helps the unemployed, Get to Work America. Most readers know how I took care of my mom in the last years of her life--my honor and pleasure. Chuck is now experiencing this with his dad. Here he shares a story that I think can help anyone who deals with medicare personally or with a loved one! In April, 2010 I drove my dad (81 years old) up to a major hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to get some day … [Read more...]
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