I’m trying out a new website called Fuelly.com that is supposed to help track your car’s fuel economy. The way it works is after you sign up, you input a…
Cheaper gas and a road trip
The Cincinnati Enquirer’s series on gas prices actually offers some useful tips on saving money on gas. Stuff you may not have heard before. You can see a list of…
Different ways to think about weight loss
This weekend I sat down and updated my personal budget for the first time in over a year — long overdue considering how drastically my life has changed in that…
Finding furniture
I’ve been on a crazy furniture shopping kick lately, pledging to once and for all buy a coffee table and a new papasan chair cushion (I gave the old one…
Cheap tricks for home decor
I have been stressing over how to decorate this new condo ever since I moved in. For some reason, the stuff I have just doesn’t look as good in it…
A gas pump treat
I was going to regale y’all with a photo of the luscious cupcake I indulged in to mark my final day before the Weight Watchers points counting begins in earnest…
Can you buy and spend less?
Modern Gal reader Noodles pointed out to me earlier today this column from the Post about learning to buy less. The writer offers seven tips from Jeff Yeager, author of…
Stop spending, start saving
The Budget Fashionista has a great post reminding us all how to stop spending every penny of our money and start saving. I say reminding, because the info is all…
Conserving gas and perhaps money
Cool People Care has a list of tips to help you save gas and therefore some money in these times of outrageously priced gallons (get used to it, modern friends,…
Spring organizing and decorating
If spring cleaning and organization are on your list for this weekend, then Real Simple has 99 low-cost organization ideas for you. Aunt Martha has some decorating ideas for every…