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It Starts With You, Cutting Back & Saving Money Isn't So Hard

Mr. Savings Nothing is getting cheaper with the continued economic problems, so I've been trying to do small things to save money and make what I have last longer. Here's a few things I've been doing the past few…
I Need To Stop Impulse Shopping Or Else I'll Go Broke

Mr. Savings My friends used to say I was addicted impulse buying. I didn’t know how bad it was until a few years ago. It wasn’t big purchases, but the little things like clothes or sneakers. If I saw it and I l…
Supermarkets Are Going Smaller = You'll Pay More For Food

Mr. Savings According to the New York Times, supermarkets and retail chains are trying to whether the financial crisis with smaller stores emphasizing speed over choice. “The average person goes shopping for 22…
The 30 Best Jobs for 2009, Go Find One To Get Paid

Mr. Savings Yesterday while browsing through Forbes.com, I came across a list of 30 jobs that are supposed to be the "it" jobs for 2009. I think it's more like a list of safe jobs, I mean librarian or clergy isn't…
Stuffing Your Life Savings In A Pillow

Mr. Savings When I was younger my parents had their own way of saving money, putting it in the pillow they slept on. They were immigrant parents who didn’t quite understand the concept of a bank yet. I never kn…
Be Concerned About The Spending Habits of The Rich

Mr. Savings A few weeks ago there was a story about Paris Hilton spending too much money. I read more about it on TheTheologiansCafe’s site and was surprised by some of the comments on the site, saying they don…
Fighting Over The Restaurant Check

Mr. Savings Going out with friends I haven’t seen in always ends up in an argument over who should pay the pill dinner check. One of them always insists on paying the bill, while I’m trying to do the same. The…
WaMu Customer Afraid of Chase Takeover and Monthly Fees

Mr. Savings The last few months I’ve been extremely concerned with what the future holds for my current bank, Washington Mutual (WaMu). As most of the country found out during all the bank mergers in late 2008,…
Food Stamps Are On The Rise As Jobs Vanish and Recession Continues

Mr. Savings A few weeks ago I was standing in line at path mark waiting to pay for my items, when the man ahead of me pulled out his food stamp card to pay for his item. Now I wouldn't be as surprised if it was…
How eBay Paid My College Tuition and Made Me Thousands Of Dollars

Mr. Savings A few years ago, I had a sick collection of sneakers. I had all the Jordans, and all kinds of Nikes. (That's actually me on the right) I followed a trend set back when I was in HS but when I got to colleg…