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Family cuts up credit cards and spends 24% less in a month

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Sep 10th 2008 4:00PM

There are a lot of reasons today that families are pinching pennies. Maybe your household has been hit by unemployment, or maybe you've just become a stay-at-home parent. Maybe gas prices or high heating costs are hitting you where it hurts, or maybe ...
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Coupon cutting queen spends $10 on groceries

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Jun 1st 2008 10:00AM

I can't go into Target without spending $100, which is why I never, ever go to Target. But if I could get some lessons from coupon queen Chrissy Thompson, things might be different. She once bought $380 worth of merchandise at Target for -- are you ...
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Can't afford a vacation? Try a staycation instead!

by Bethany Sanders, Posted May 31st 2008 10:00AM

When I was a struggling college student, I could put two dollars into my gas tank and drive my car for a week. Two dollars today wouldn't get us much farther than the nearest expressway. Families everywhere are grounding their summer travel plans ...
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Raising financially savvy children

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted May 29th 2008 2:03PM

Despite growing up in an accounting office, I never really learned about money as a kid -- I learned the hard way later on. First, it was a department store credit card, followed by an American Express card. That made it easy to buy expensive gifts ...
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Saving money online and off

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted May 28th 2008 10:01AM

Kids are expensive. Damned expensive. If I didn't have kids, I could easily afford a vacation home on the Russian River and probably a whole stable of Land Rovers. Of course, then, I wouldn't have the joys of midnight diaper changes and being an ...
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