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A Cash Experiment

Family Balance Sheet

Apparently, consumers spend more when they use a credit card in place of cash. We use a rewards credit card for almost every purchase we make. Could I save even more money if we stopped using credit cards altogether and started using cash? These are categories that I feel I can reduce our spending.

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Start Your College Savings by Shopping Online with Upromise

Saving Cents With Sense

I’ve written about Upromise by Sallie Mae before and how it is such a great way to save for college (or pay off loans) while you are doing your everyday shopping, eating out, or even pumping gas. You can connect your grocery cards and/or credit cards to start saving when you are out. All rights reserved.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

Vanilla cupcakes I stored all my equipment in a dishpan in my dorm room. We had to sell it less than 3 years after buying it, and between that and the market timing (bought in 2009, sold in 2012), we were lucky to come out of the whole situation with our original mortgage paid off completely by the sale! Eat at grocery stores!