I thought this was kind of amusing. Looks like maple syrup may be the new “in” condiment in the Lone Star State Province, according to the folks at the folks at the Ultra Rebate Center who have designated Texas as being a part of Canada, the land of poutine and ketchup-flavored potato chips. The folks [...]

A couple of weeks ago I posted that I had earned enough points for my free 1GB iPod Shuffle from iPodSweepstakes.com. Well, I finally got it in today as promised. It was brand new in the package and shipped directly from their vendor. The only thing to indicate what it was for was a line [...]

I got this from my brother-in-law (the same one I referenced in my last CVS post) and thought I would share his experience with the world. And just when I thought the US Postal Service had taken the prize for poor customer service and general incompetence, here comes Northwest Airlines to claim this dubious distinction. [...]

I am a complete interest rate whore when it comes to my savings. Over the past couple of years I have moved my excess funds from ING to Emigrant Direct back to ING to Presidential Bank to Emigrant Direct back to ING to ELoan to Presidential again and then back to HSBC. The only reason [...]

OK, this may seem very cold, but this story just rubbed me the wrong way. Here in Houston, there is a big controversy because the city wants to terminate the lease it holds with the Houston Center Serving Persons with Mental Retardation. The issue is that the center sits on a six acre piece of [...]

A quick update to my previous post about the free stuff at CVS. This week has brought two new offers as well as new life on another I have decided to take advantage of: Excedrin Back and Body 24ct $3.00 get $3.00 ECBs (limit 1) Aleve Liqui-gels 20ct $4.00 get $4.00 ECBs (limit 1) Oral-B [...]

I’m quite the sucker for deals and free stuff. My latest deal that I have been working is the Extra Care Bucks specials at CVS Pharmacy. Basically, when you use your Extra Care loyalty card selected items at CVS generate Extra Care Bucks at the register, which spend just like cash (with a few exceptions). [...]

Over the last couple of years, I have amassed quite the collection of gift cards. Our country seems to be in love with this stupid things, but they drive me up the wall. Right now I have gift cards for Walgreens (2), Office Depot, Starbucks (7), Blockbuster (2), among others, so many that I don’t [...]

Late last year I applied for and received an AMEX Business Gold Rewards Card. The offer at the time was for 5,000 AMEX Membership Reward Points (redeemable for a $50 gift card), a $100 statement credit, and $150 TigerDirect gift card after your first purchase of $100 or more. A total of $300 in freebies [...]

It isn’t my intention to make my religion part of my personal finance blog, but I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more popularly known as the Mormon Church. One of the topics that has been mentioned on several occasions by the leaders of our church is prudent resource [...]