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10 Tips for Saving Money on Your Car
by Miles Walker In a tight economy, everyone is looking for new ways to tighten their budget. One area nearly everyone could spend a little less on is their vehicles. Here are ten tips to follow to save money on your car. 1. Use Your Car for Longer This is perhaps the piece of advice [...]
Read the rest of this entry »What Do You Spend on Toilet Paper?
Toilet Paper from Crestock Images A recent headline caught my attention and inspired this train of thought. It read something like Toilet Paper Drives the Economy. The gist of the article was A shift from one-ply to two-ply (and now three-ply) may not seem significant. But to ignore it is to miss an important point: [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Be grateful and never look a gift horse in the mouth.
One of the sad commentaries of our society is our lack of gratitude and the growing emphasis on the cost of gifts. However, this lack of gratitude apparently isn’t a new phenomenom for the use of the phrase, look in a horse’s mouth, can be traced back the 16th century. Is it the cost or [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Money Saving Tips For New Parents
As a new grandparent (for the 2nd time), I was thinking this morning about how things have changed since I raised my daughter. When my daughter was young the new innovations available were microwave ovens and VHS players. My grandson turned eighteen on his last birthday. I remember watching in wonderment as he whizzed around [...]
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