By Mala Lal Flickr: Ellievanhoutte Don’t you just love going to sporting events?  The crowd, seeing your favorite players, being part of the action is all exhilarating and makes for a great day.  Unfortunately, after you pay for you ticket, it seems you can spend a lot more money enjoying yourself at the event.  With [...]

By Heaven Stubblefield While it seems summer is coming to a screeching halt and Halloween costumes are sprouting up in department stores,  it is not too late to prepare your fall finances.  Here are some things to keep in mind has we say goodbye to summer and hello to fall… 1. Gas Prices You have [...]

By Heaven Stubblefield It seems these days everyone and everything is go, go, go.  Kitchens have become another room that holds your things without ever being used.  The restaurant business has skyrocketed simply because people are spending less time in their kitchens and more time in the hands of other people to cook for them.  [...]

By Mala Lal As a freelance writer, I am always looking for ways to keep my finances in order. Here are my top 10 benefits of using an online personal finance tool. 10. It works on my time: With my tool being online, I never have to make an appointment to go over finances. There [...]

By Heaven Stubblefield Congratulations!  You have found yourself liking someone else and wanting to spend time with them.  While it seems that a lot of money goes into impressing that special someone, you can be in a successful relationship without breaking your bank.  As a woman who has been on a lot of dates, I [...]

When I look outside the window, I am amazed at how beautiful my neighborhood is. There is a park nearby where I can take my dog and daughter. A library that is a short walk from our home, and flowers in everyone’s yards. It seems everyone around me is trying to keep Mother Earth happy [...]

This is a guest post from Trisha Wagner is a freelance writer for DepositAccounts.com, where you can compare rates of checking accounts from dozens of banks in one place. Trisha writes regularly on the topics of personal finance and savings accounts. With credit card use on the decline, more and more people are discovering why [...]

Discount gift cards are great ways of saving you some money for your shopping or your next dinner date. They are readily available from numerous sources and people, and with them and some budget tools, you can really maximize the effectiveness of your money. It doesn’t take much effort to use them, and you’d be [...]

By Virginia O’Connor Uncertainty about the current and future economy has pushed many Americans to start saving more and paying off more of their debt. Recent studies in 2008 and 2009 have indicated that as Americans are feeling less secure about their financial stability, they have begun to change their spending behavior. As confidence falls, [...]

We all like new stuff. Whether it’s the latest Wii, a thinner flat-screen, a remodeled kitchen … or anything else for that matter, we’re human and we all like new stuff. Here’s the rub though: if you buy it now on credit, you could end up paying for that new stuff many times over, and [...]

By Virginia O’Connor Yes, we all agree that the economy isn’t the best right now, but enough of the blame game already. There is nothing that new in this financial crisis and some of us who have been around awhile have seen all this before. Remember the high interest balloon payment mortgages of the 1970s? [...]