Talking about money isn’t something that comes easily for most of us. We have all been taught a lot of different rules about the etiquette of discussing our finances, rules that often conflict with what others in our lives have learned. Many of us have developed bad habits around discussing money with those who are closest to us. And money…

An addiction to shopping may sound silly to someone who has never become a victim of it but it’s a really serious thing for those compulsive spenders who can’t seem to reign in their spending. There are real life stories out there of people who have literally spent millions of dollars that they didn’t have because they had a shopping…

As more and more people begin to use their phones for services that extend far beyond just voice messages and conversations, mobile phones are becoming a serious tool for saving money. One of the most significant and fastest-growing ways that the mobile phone can be used as a money-saving device is through the use of mobile coupons. Take a look…

Google has recently released two new display ad templates that make it possible for online merchants to easily create coupons for their customers. These tools facilitate online coupon creation and distribution so that more businesses can offer discounts to their online shoppers. With the widespread popularity of Google’s services, these new ad templates could easily lead to significantly increased growth…

The Internet can be used as an amazing money saving tool. Unfortunately, all good things have their bad side and the Internet can also be something that sucks your money away from you faster than you can say “www”. One of the worst ways that the Internet can cause you to lose money is by making you the victim of…

Flip through any modern magazine or browse through the style blogs that are popular on the Internet today and you will see stunning celebrities looking their best. Many of us want to do what we can to recreate their looks ourselves. But then you scan down to the fine print to see where the stars bought their shoes or got…

I just heard the amazing story of how one woman saved $1000 in a single month just by using online promotional codes. That impressed me so much that I just had to share the details of how she did it with other people. What better way to do that than to post the information to a money saving blog so…

Many people are making the switch from shopping in stores to shopping online. That’s because you can save a lot of money with online shopping if you are smart about the way that you do it. However, you can also lose money by shopping online if you aren’t careful. One of the quickest ways that people lose money when shopping…

Shopping online is a great thing for the frugal person to do. By shopping on the Internet, you give yourself easy access to many different money-saving tools that help you easily do things like comparison shopping, tracking expenses, budgeting your money and finding the best deal. All of these things help you to do the shopping that you need to…

The best way to keep getting better at saving money is to continue learning what other people are doing to live a frugal life. This helps you to keep adding new tips and tricks to your money-saving tool belt. If you spent time here on our blog this week then you know that we were pretty focused on promotional codes…

Promotional codes are those great discount coupon codes that you can enter into almost any online shopping website these days in order to save money on the things that you are purchasing through the Internet. Although these discount code coupons have been a great thing since the very time that they were invented, they are particularly useful to people shopping…

Dear Kathryn: All of my friends are starting to plan their summer vacations already. I’m not going to be able to take my family on vacation this summer and I’m feeling pretty depressed about that. We also didn’t get to go on our usual Christmas vacation because money is too tight right now. Is there any way to fit in…

Dear Kathryn: I’m seeing a lot of news reports about people who use online shopping codes to save money. It’s a huge trend. Does this really work? This is a really great question! More and more people are using online discount codes as one more method of reducing what they spend while doing their shopping. In some cases, they are…

What types of money saving posts were you reading around the blogosphere this week? We had one here on how a rainy day can save you money if you get smart about staying indoors and finding ways to conserve that rainwater. But we also had our eye on some other great blog posts from around the web on topics ranging…

We always hear that phrase that we should “save our money for a rainy day”. The idea behind this is that saving today gives us money just in case something comes up – like a rainy day when we need some indoor entertainment that costs a few bucks. However, you don’t have to spend your money just because there’s a…