Saving Cents With Sense
AUGUST 30, 2013
Here’s an understatement — college is expensive. According to the College Board, the average student at a public university spends more than $22,200 every year between tuition and other costs. Money spent on gas, insurance, parking permits and maintenance will find its way back into your wallet. Thrift Store Style.
Family Balance Sheet
AUGUST 6, 2022
Once again, GIANT of PA offered a chicken dinner with 3 sides and rolls for only 350 gas points. The value of the meal is $18, but the cash value of the 350 gas points for my vehicle is about $5.95–a great price for a dinner that I don’t have to cook! Related Reading: How I use my Upromise credit card to save for college.
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Family Balance Sheet
OCTOBER 2, 2022
I’m always looking for ways to save my family money to help us get through current higher food and gas prices and achieve our big financial goals. I also pulled out all of our colder-weather clothing and packed away our summer stuff. My husband also cleaned our gas fireplace and turned on the pilot light. Total $132.
Saving Cents With Sense
FEBRUARY 28, 2014
Your parents did a great job at keeping you fed, clothed, sheltered, and teaching right from wrong. percent unemployment rate among 18-29 year olds , being financially savvy is a skill that gets you much farther than those humanity electives you took in college. Don’t Compare Your Living Situation to Your Parents.
Saving Everyday
AUGUST 26, 2014
Between living expenses, student teaching in Barcelona, and being a new baby college graduate, my funds had gotten pretty low. So, for the last few years, I’ve been making my internet purchases (I’m talking clothes, makeup, textbooks, spring break trips, etc…) through Sunshine Rewards or MyPoints. But never fear!
The Frugal Girl
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
I got into minimalist content in high school, and somehow found Dave Ramey through there just before I went to college. My college education. The interim dean introduced me to the internship at that college that led to my current career. I’ve since spent much time going through the archives. This is recent.
For the Mommas
JANUARY 20, 2016
You may have gotten your first card in college, before you had any salary at all but just in time for that upcoming spring break trip: clothes, gas money, hotel…and then, one month later… BOOM! You need gas. But clothes you can’t afford? Credit Card Rules You Should Live By. Ah, the credit card.
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