How to Break the Bad Habit Killing Your Finances
Let’s not beat around the bush. Eating out is eating up your future. It’s gobbling down your present and keeping…
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Potatoes in the Dishwasher? Let the Debate Commence!
Dear Cheapskate: I’m writing in response to a past column in which you gave a tip on washing loads of…
Read More » Why Money Is Hard for Couples
The phone rings. You pick it up to hear your husband say, “Honey, seven years ago tonight we got engaged.…
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From Ashes to Sparkling Clean Fireplace Glass
I could sit for hours reading all the clever, helpful, often already known tips, tricks and hacks my readers send…
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How to Get Started Roasting Coffee Beans
It all started about nearly 15 years ago when I had a conversation with a friend who’d recently taken up…
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Does Anyone Make a Decent Upright Cordless Vac that Really Works? (Yes!)
My affinity for TV game shows’ lightning rounds — where the duration is predetermined, and the aim is to achieve…
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Winter Is Coming … and We Need a Furnace!
Dear Cheapskate: We need a new furnace before next winter. We have saved some money but not enough to pay…
Read More » Secrets of Stress-Free Vacations with Kids
Family vacations can be either delightful or disastrous — it depends greatly on your attitude and the care you devote…
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How to Beat Inflation at the Supermarket
Could you handle a big announcement that overnight food costs in the United States have miraculously dropped by 20%? That…
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Erase the Miles with a Birthday Cake Kit, Plus More Great Tips
I love to celebrate, and it is always fun to come up with new ways to mark special occasions. Everyone…
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Caught in the Credit Card Debt Trap
Dear Cheapskate: I have three credit cards with interest rates upwards of 30%, the result of late payments in the…
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Put Some Sparkle in Your Spring Cleaning
If the arrival of spring has you energized you the way it has me, I say let’s take advantage and…
Read More » Burning Mail Is Never a Good Thing
It’s been years since I read the news story about a U.S. Postal Service worker in Louisiana who, after getting…
Read More »The Excess of Consumption
The dreaded disease we know as tuberculosis was at one time known as consumption. A highly contagious illness, consumption got…
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Grumpy Unhappy Cheapskates
Dear Cheapskate: I have cheapskates in my life. My father is one. My boss, my boss’s mom and my boyfriend’s…
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