Archive for May, 2012
The Best and Worst Things to Buy in June
The following post comes from Lindsay Sakraida at partner site Deal News. June is the month with the longest daylight hours of the year, which means one thing: more time to shop! But what should you buy now and what should you avoid? Here’s a list… Make due with last year’s sandals For most areas of [...]
Credit Card Makeover: Maximizing Barb’s Bonuses
I review dozens of credit card offers each week to find the best deals. Check out more on our credit card page. Want your own credit card makeover? Email me. Barb is a retired retail manager living in Chicopee, Massachusetts. She and her husband love to travel with the points they earn from reward credit cards, but they aren’t sure if [...]
5 Tips for Finding a Reliable Babysitter
This has been a bad week in babysitting news: A Cincinnati babysitter has been arrested after a 1-year-old boy was found dead in a closet, a Florida babysitter faces murder charges after police say he threw a 2-year-old girl against a wall, and a New Jersey mother is suing the babysitter who stood by as [...]
Food Storage 101: How to Save Almost Anything
Store food in the wrong location, or the wrong manner, and it won’t last nearly as long as it should. In fact, the government estimates that Americans throw out 14 percent of the food they buy, not counting table scraps and leftovers. Knowing the right way to store a food also helps you be a [...]
Today’s Deals: Swimsuits and Free Doughnuts
I subscribe to the promotional emails of hundreds of companies so you don’t have to. I sift through 1,000 deal-touting emails every week. Most are worthless. But some offer valuable coupons, promo codes, sales, and freebies – which I collect and organize here and on our deals page. Note: Expiration dates are in brackets. Decent [...]
Restaurants: 4 Ways to Eat Healthier for Less
You probably know eating out isn’t very healthy. But did you know 96 percent of entrees at major U.S. chains have more than the daily recommended amount of calories, salt, and fat? That’s one of several findings in a new study conducted by the RAND Corporation, which analyzed 245 of the top 400 chain restaurants [...]
7 Tips to Beat Hotel Fees
The average price of a hotel stay is expected to jump 4 percent this summer, according to the consulting firm STR. Soon, you might spend an average of $106.64 to spend a night in a hotel. But there are ways to beat that price. In 8 Tips to Save on Any Hotel – Even the [...]
It’s Not Too Early to Save on Christmas Presents
Christmas is coming. Will you be ready? I don’t bring this up to make you nervous about shopping. Instead, I want to point out that we all have choices about how – and whether – to buy. I’ve written in the past about building a gift closet from sources like thrift stores, yard sales, clearance [...]
Review: Chase Freedom
I review dozens of credit card offers each week to find the best deals. Check out more on our credit card page. Some credit card users have no interest in frequent flier miles or hotel points. The only reward they want is cold, hard cash. There are two ways to maximize your cash back. The simplest is to [...]
How to Shop for Disease-Fighting Antioxidants
Antioxidants: We hear about them on TV programs and read about them in the news. Doctors order us to eat them, and studies tell us they can help ward off cancers and diseases like Alzheimer’s. But could you define the word antioxidant? Could you identify antioxidant-filled foods at the supermarket? If not, this post is [...]