The Reason for the Season: How to Give Great Gifts
‘Tis the season of giving. However, it’s also a season that can lead to holiday headaches. Perhaps you luck out and the loved ones you’re buying for are simple and easy to shop for but for...
View ArticleTaking Control of Your Life With Smartphone Integrated Technology
Smartphones give us access to internet and apps from anywhere in the world, but did you know you can do more than just control your tweets? A lot of technology that has come out recently is...
View ArticleWasteful Holiday Shopping, Celebrity Style
Feel like an ATM these days? Between hostess gifts, family presents, dinner out and gifts for last-minute-guests, swiping plastic is now muscle memory. Avoiding wasteful spending is difficult any time...
View ArticleMy New Year's Resolution: Expect the Unexpected
Around this time of year people make a lot of promises; they swear off vices, vow to take that trip they’ve always wanted, or to finally lose that 10 pounds. But the fact is only 8% of people stick...
View ArticleHow to Achieve Your New Year's Resolution
It’s about that time again. The new year is upon us and that can only mean one thing: this is the year you finally change everything. Whether it’s a matter of saving money or losing weight New...
View ArticleHow to Spend Smarter: The Lazy Person's Budget
When you hear the word "budget", what comes to mind? For most of us, we picture a combination of the following things: spreadsheets (ugh), organization (yuck), discipline (eww), and cutting back...
View ArticleShopping Well: 6 Things To Buy Post Holiday Season
It’s no secret that you can find great deals on holiday paraphernalia after the holidays, but there are more things you can do with your money than pre-game with a year’s supply of egg nog, especially...
View ArticleCold, Harsh Reality: Surviving Without a Job After College
With winter comes a new batch of college graduates thrust into the cold reality of adulthood. A lucky few may have already secured jobs or received admission into graduate school, but for the...
View ArticleIn Defense of Non-Frugality
I am about to drop an F-bomb: frugal.Maybe it's just semantics, and the word frugal has a worse reputation than is warranted. But to me, it conjuresup images of extreme couponing, sodium-packed ramen...
View ArticleImproving financial literacy (without all the work)
We're now a full week into April, which means we're 25% of the way through National Financial Literacy Month! While we're all for financial literacy, we also understand that not all of us have the...
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