Did you know that Retail Therapy and Comfort Food have a lovechild?
Women have a reputation for using “retail therapy” after a hard day (or week, or year), and both sexes are known to use high-fat comfort foods to soothe the soul; but did you know that Retail Therapy and Comfort Food have a lovechild?
His name [...]
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I have a small child. My husband and I are astounded by how quickly he grows…algae. Yeah, my kid is a little turtle named Duck Puppet. I know this sounds sick, but we got him because he was super cute and tiny, and based on friends’ stories about his short-lived cousins we didn’t think expect [...]
As if moving house weren’t emotionally or physically taxing enough, one of life’s most stressful processes is surprisingly financially taxing, thanks to incidental costs that many residents don’t consider.
Whether you are moving across the country or just down the street, realizing some of these hidden costs will help you avoid them, saving money and stress.
The scenario: you have instituted a budget, cut costs, sacrificed, and even recycled a lame movie title for an article, all in an attempt to make ends meet. You do not qualify for help from the Government’s Making Home Affordable plan.
Simply, you have been doing everything in your power to pay your mortgage on time, [...]
When grown men shout accusations in the middle of presidential addresses, or jump on stage during someone’s acceptance speech to slur that another person deserved the award—well, it’s a good time for a little chat about manners.
Don’t underestimate the power of polite behavior on the road and in the workplace. What if a brush up [...]
Generally, coupon-ladies freak me out.
It only happens once in a blue moon, but waiting in line behind that resolute woman with an alphabetized, bursting plastic coupon wallet has always made me roll my eyes and wonder what possesses her to be so anal as to cut out and treasure every little $0.30 discount and [...]
A funny thing happened on the way to the yogurt aisle last week: I picked up milk for $2 a gallon. Not even joking.
I’ve consistently paid twice that much for a gallon of milk since I started buying groceries! Come to find out, milk prices nationwide have dropped 22 percent since last year. To what [...]
On June 8, two Japanese men were apprehended in Italy for attempting to smuggle $134 billion dollars in U.S. bonds into Switzerland.
By the time the U.S. Treasury department declared the bonds to be “obvious fakes,” the story had captured the imagination of the blog world, spawning conspiracy theories and mounting fear.
Bloomberg columnist William Pesek thought [...]
CouchSurfing is like crashing at your friend’s for the night, except instead of scrolling through your address book thinking who to call, you find people from all around the world on the site willing to host you wherever you may be.
This post was written by Stephanie Cuellar Butler, Contributing Writer on December 7, 2009 
