Money Saving Advice

Are you looking for a way to save money and get the family to eat at home? There is always time for a meal at home when you use menu planning. Image by Getty Images via @daylife The one thing we never seem to have enough of is time. When time gets short, the first [...]

You’ve likely been driving for many years and when you learned how to drive the value of gas was no doubt significantly cheaper than it is now. You might remember as a teenage driver, it was cool to drive fast, peel out, stop suddenly and just drive for entertainment. Those habits were excused because you [...]

Old habits are hard to break. We get used to doing things a particular way and we’re not interested in changing no matter what. But with gasoline exceeding four dollars a gallon we’re rethinking our old driving habits to see if we can cut down on fuel consumption. Fuel efficiency can be done in a [...]

It’s a unusual family that’s not on a food budget. The family food shopper searches for any way possible to cut back on the amount of money spent on groceries. One of those is using coupons. Conservatively speaking, there are millions of coupons circulating every day that could cut your food budget by 30 to [...]

You probably know the scenario.  The office clock says noon and the guys and gals decide where to go for lunch.  In many towns, the drive time to a bistro eats up most of the lunch hour, not to mention the gas. It’s hard to find lunch for less than ten bucks plus tip.  You [...]

Years ago people rarely ate out, nearly every meal was home cooked.  When families did eat out, it was thrilling and special.  Times changed, and eating out became a common occurrence.  Times have changed yet again, and we have reverted back to the old ways because dining out has become too costly.  But, why should [...]