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To Clip - Or Not To Clip?

by Patty McKenna

During lean economic times, there are lots of ways to trim fat from your budget. Making due with the clothes in your closet. Forgoing that summer vacation. Even — gasp! — getting rid of your cell phone. But you will always need to buy food, and groceries eat up a major chunk of most families’ monthly income. But what if you could bring home the bacon for a fraction of the cost? All while buying the same items? Serious coupon clippers do. And they save a cartload of cash.

January 8, 2010  |  Read more...

Game Off? Maybe. Game Over? Never.

by Matt Walker

Okay, we caved. Foraging for yard sale items one Saturday, my six-year-old discovered a vintage Nintendo 64 and a whole box of games — for $5. Sure, his mom and I had been saying ‘no’ to more modern systems for months. But how do you keep a kid from buying the equivalent of an electronics antique? With his own allowance? My wife and I discussed, debated and decided we couldn’t. And with one reluctant ‘yes,’ we made our first choice involving our child and video games.

January 7, 2010  |  Read more...