Most of us think of the rent on an apartment as a fixed price, especially if you live in an area that's clearly a landlord's market, with 100 other potential tenants lined up behind you if you...
You know those yearly stickers most states issue for you to stick on your car's license plate? Here's a tip I got from a state trooper after part of my license plate tag was removed by someone...
Even though some frozen dinners are less unhealthy than others, they're still pricey. You pay for that convenience. There's a better option: make your own frozen dinners. The advantages to making...
When it comes to the possibility of having my home broken into, I'm actually a little more worried about what would happen if I was there than if I wasn't. As traumatic as getting burgled is,...
I'm a big fan of single cup coffee brewers, but what about when you want coffee in a place where you can't plug anything in? French press coffee makers give you an affordable, easy way to make a...
I’m a fan of the idea that going green shouldn’t be painful. It’s not an either/or proposition, in which either you’re making enormous personal sacrifices to unburden the planet a bit, or else you’re supposed to feel deeply guilty. It’s mostly about consuming less, and not consuming things just for the sake of consuming them.
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The holidays are over, and now you’re left with a ton of junk to clean up, and very probably some debt. Once you’ve repurposed and recycled all the gift wrap and boxes, you might decide it’s time to have a garage sale, and turn some of the stuff you haven’t even touched in a while into cash.
TipNut has the ultimate ...Read More
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So you’re thinking about buying something, or you’re comparing two purchases. You have the ability to pay for it the purchases you’re considering. But you find yourself wondering how to determine whether you can really afford it. Being able to pay for something isn’t exactly the same as being able to afford it. Whether or not you have the cash ...Read More
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Here’s a problem we all wish we had – what to do if you suddenly come into lots of money.
Do not touch the money for several months. Allow the initial emotion to pass. Get over the initial urge to spend the money on a big house or a fancy car. Live your life as you has before.
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French toast is a wonderful breakfast or snack food. It’s not exactly low-cal, but it’s filling because it uses egg, so you can’t eat as much of it as you can some cakes and candies and donuts and other junk foods. It’s also a great way to make something delicious from bread that’s getting stale.
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I never thought of making a wallet out of a cassette tape before, but what a way to re-purpose old cassette tapes! This could be a very cool party favor/stocking stuffer kind of gift, too.
You take an old cassette tape you don’t want anymore, get some glue, a zipper and some fabric, and make a little wallet like the one ...Read More
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Once upon a time, before everyone had access to all the cheap sweatshop produced clothes they could afford, people did this fascinating thing with clothes that had developed imperfections, and it was called mending. Froo*Gal sums up what I’m talking about here:
I sent it to the dry cleaners and when I brought it home I noticed that it had about ...Read More
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