Everyone loves the Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner, except of course, for the people who don’t. The main reason not to love the Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner is the fact that the refill costs $5.99.
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$30 a Month for Food?
By 1.5.07
A blogger from Lansing Michigan decided to spend only $30 on food for the month of November, just to see what it was like being poor. It’s an interesting read.
Make Your Own Ringtone
By 1.3.07
Save money and have fun by making your own ringtone. We’ve not tried this yet, but we’ll probably give it a shot later this evening. We’ve always wanted the theme to Romancing The Stone. Yes, we are lame. —MEGHANN MARCO
Walmart Wants You To Use Power-Saving Bulbs
By 1.2.07
Lest we remind you, compact fluorescent bulbs “use 75 percent less electricity, last 10 times longer, produce 450 pounds fewer greenhouse gases from power plants and save consumers $30 over the life of each bulb.” If Walmart is successful, they’ll save Americans $3 billion in electricity costs and avoid the need to build additional power plants for the equivalent of 450,000 new homes. Yikes. —MEGHANN MARCO
Hidden Cost of DVRs
By 12.27.06
Reader Mike writes in with a tip we just don’t repeat enough. A lot of newer appliances draw as much, or slightly less, power when “off” than when “on.” In order to really, truly save electricity you need to plug your DVR/TV/Computer/Whatever in to a power strip and shut the power strip off.
On-Line Energy Audit Tool for Fanatics
By 12.27.06
Want a “real” energy audit, but don’t want to pay for it? Introducing the Department of Energy’s Home Energy Saver! It’s a very intense energy simulator that takes into account the shape and square footage of your house, how many windows you have, shade trees, you local climate, the direction your house faces, the age of your appliances…everything! The site then suggests upgrades and calculates how long it will take for energy efficient changes to pay for themselves. Very, very, very cool tool for consumers who already know the basics and want to do more. —MEGHANN MARCO
Holiday Savings Tips
By 12.20.06
Real Simple has 25 tips to help save money during the holidays, and we like a few of them. Our favorites:
HOWTO: Buy a Side of Beef
By 12.13.06
Get Rich Slowly has some instructions on how to buy a side of beef—which is a good way to support local ranchers, save money and get a superior quality product. Growing up, our parents always purchased meat this way. Often several couples or families will pool money to purchase a single animal. One of the advantages (aside from cost) is the time savings involved in never having to shop for beef. There’s always something in the fridge. From the post:
Save 75% On Drugs
By 12.12.06
You can cut your prescription cost by 3/4 by signing up for Free Drug Card.
Free Personal Finance Control Tools
By 12.11.06
Check out Feed The Pig for some neat finance control tools, like
Kill-A-Watt: Learn Which Appliances Are Costing You
By 12.6.06
J.D. at Get Rich Slowly has a review of a nifty little device that tells you how much electricity appliances draw. You can use it to calculate how much money you’d save by turning things off/unplugging them. Cool!
Save 50% On Utility Bills
By 11.29.06
MyMoneyBlog found a great way to save on home energy expenses, The Home Energy Saver online calculator.
Park Some Cash In These High Yielding Accounts
By 11.28.06
Bank Deals blog released their latest roundup of accounts and interest rates. Here’s the highest yielding for each category. Be sure to check out the bank’s policies before opening an account, especially as some of these institutions are not exactly name-brand. — BEN POPKEN
ShoppingPath: Eyeball Saving Comparison Shopping
By 11.27.06
Aiming for “total market transparency,” ShoppingPath plans to revolutionize online shopping visualization with a new model of product comparison tool that graphically groups products according to their price and features.
301 Posts On Saving Money
By 11.27.06
Free Money Finance, an excellent personal finance blog, just posted a roundup of ALL their money saving posts. We like:
Lower Your AT&T Bill, Illinois
By 11.22.06
Illinois AT&T customers looking to save can now sign up for a new reduced plans.
