Before you head blindly into that mall, overjoyed with the Christmas spirit only to wake up in January to a nasty credit card hangover, here are some tips to help you spread and keep the joy.
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Stress-Busting & Fabulously Frugal Holiday Shopping Tips
December 16, 2011How to Determine Your Holiday Shopping Budget
December 9, 2011Our natural inclination when this time of year rolls around is to spend now and worry about it later. After all, it’s the season of giving and who wants to stress about paying bills when you’re shopping for junior’s bike? Unfortunately, that kind of thinking is what led our country (and a lot of the world) into the current financial funk. And if you’re really honest with yourself, what causes more stress – setting a budget ahead of time for the holidays and sticking to it as much as possible, or spending freely and not really knowing how long it’s going to take you to pay it off?
7 Ways to Make Some Extra Cash for the Holidays
December 8, 2011You’ve been working hard all year, but when you sat down to make your holiday budget, it just wasn’t enough. Stick with it and you’ll be shopping for everyone on your list at the dollar store.
Don’t panic yet. There are a number of ways that you can still make some extra cash in time to bulk up your budget and get some great gifts.
Have Yourself a Budget-Friendly Christmas; 9 Ways to Trim Your Holiday Spending (Part 2)
December 7, 2010In part one of this article, we looked at some ways to cut back on your holiday spending. Many families find that holidays are more enjoyable without all the stress and shopping – have you considered some of these options to save money while having a more laid-back approach to the holidays?
4 Ways to Avoid the Holiday Spending Hangover
November 18, 2010The holidays bring many happy and joyous things. Even shopping for holiday gifts can be fun and exciting. It’s all in good fun until the credit card bills start rolling in. The credit card fog is one that can hang on for years to come unless you learn how to curb the holiday spending hangover before it occurs.
Best of Home, Money & Credit – Week of Nov. 8
November 13, 2009Happy Friday! Your Weekly Quizzler is here, chock-full of the week’s best stories about your credit, home and money links straight from the Quizzle Twitter feed: Home & Money Saving Tips Digitize Your Coupon Clipping (Suburban Dollar) With the influx of coupon websites, you can now enjoy the savings of coupons without getting newspaper ink [...]
Procrastination: A Money Management Killer
November 10, 2009Today while searching the web, I came across a list of “The Best Procrastination Quotes.” The list has a wide variety of quotes; some tailored to the seriousness of putting things off until the last minute and others taking the results of a carefree life a little more light-heartedly. Procrastination has always been a personal [...]
Keep Your Holiday Spending in Check
November 6, 2007It’s easy to get carried away around the holidays, spending more than you planned on that perfect gift for mom or tacking on another stocking stuffer for a dear friend. But don’t let the “Season of Giving” give you heartburn because you’re spending more than you can afford.
