We are parents of 7 week old twins. Although they aren’t old enough to even think about shopping, they had family members who gave them money for Christmas. Since they can’t spend it for themselves, it leaves us as parents with the dilemma of what to do with the money. Since they aren’t old enough [...]

I just wanted to wish everyone out there who reads my blog a Merry Christmas. Hopefully most of you will be spending time with family and friends instead of reading my blog today. As much as we talk about money, always remember that some things in life are more important than money. Make sure to [...]

So here is a question that has come into my mind recently: does anyone else pick pennies up off the ground anymore? I started wondering this as I was hitting CVS for free batteries and I was always finding at least one penny on the floor by the checkout if I bothered to look down. [...]

Here’s something a lot of people don’t realize. I always see folks on Fatwallet and Slickdeals raving about Costco’s return policy, but Sam’s Club is almost as good. Today I was able to return a DVD Recorder/VCR combo unit I bought in August but found cheaper on Black Friday. Their return policy is pretty generous. [...]

Since I have already posted about the basics of CVS deals (see CVS category page for previous posts), I thought I would start to post on more advanced topics. The first of these is how to use ECBs for gift cards. The Extra Care Bucks (ECBs) program is great, but it does have limitations. First, [...]

I recently started a new assignment at work, and so far it has been less than exciting. The work is way below my level, and the client has had trouble keeping up with assigning me tasks to fill my time. This has resulted in quite a bit of downtime at work for me recently. So [...]

Here’s a fun deal for everyone, especially those buying gifts for kids that need batteries. Using a printable internet coupon, you can get packs of Energizer batteries for $0.29 plus tax at CVS. The coupon can be found here. It is a limit of one coupon per person, so you’ll need to do multiple trips [...]

My wife loves Overstock.com. She doesn’t shop them quite as much as she used to, but she still orders from them quite a bit. Thankfully for people who frequent Overstock there are almost always Overstock coupon codes out there. For instance, there are codes for $10 off $99 purchase and a couple for $20 off [...]

This posting over at Midlife Beginnings and the giving campaign going on in my office have prompted me to share my thoughts on organized office giving campaigns. While the intentions are good, the way most offices go about conducting charitable giving campaigns offends me to no end. The worst offenders in my eyes are the [...]

In the latest of my series of posts on how to do CVS deals (see CVS category listing for prior posts), we will discuss how returns are handled when you paid using Extra Care Bucks (ECBs). There can be many reasons for returning an item paid with ECBs, whether you bought an item that was [...]