By Wixx, special contributor
Recently, as I am sure you have noticed, retailers have begun to move Christmas to an earlier timeslot. No longer is it the White Christmas in the middle of the winter. This year Christmas moved into a tie with Halloween for space in retail stores and card shops in October. […]

By Cortni Marrazzo
With heating costs on the rise, it’s tempting to avoid turning your heat on all together in order to save money on heating bills, but who wants to be a human Popsicle in their own house? Here are some creative (and some practical) ways to avoid or delay turning on your heat […]

By Meredith H. Kaiser
I saw “DWI — You can’t Afford It” written on road signs along Interstate 40 as we passed through Texas on our recent vacation. What an interesting angle, I thought. I guess that since the fact that the risk of killing innocent people, as well as themselves, isn’t enough of a […]

By Cortni Marrazzo
While I can’t guarantee that these are the absolute top 10 ways you can waste money on e-Bay this week, they certainly deserve some attention and possibly some laughs…
10. A rubber band: No joke. You can get a regular rubber band for $1 with free shipping.
9. A million ants: You can […]

By Shannon Christman
I know you didn’t ask for my two cents, but I will tell you anyway that I find figures of speech fascinating. The things we say without thinking say a lot about what we think, and a lot of the most common idioms are about money. For instance, why do we stretch a […]

By Meredith H. Kaiser
I once saw a T.V. chef - he had the hat and the accent so I guess he was legit - make an Asian dish with toasted sesame seeds. The recipe was so simple and tasty - he said so, so I knew it was true - that I decided to give […]

By Meredith H. Kaiser
I just saw an ad for a nudist fish fry in our local weekly paper. My first question was how on earth do you safely deep fry anything while in the nude? Yow! And my second question was, Is it cheaper to be a nudist?
Certainly, nudism has its benefits: no decisions […]

There are some things that animals produce that the average person would never imagine would be worth a lot of money. The first time I heard about all of these, I had to reread to make sure I actually was understanding the information correctly. Here are five things that animals produce that are worth far […]

Compiled by Valerie S. Johnson from SA Forum Members
Many people assume that the penny is no longer good for anything, but not according to members from the forums - there are still a lot of things that you can do with a penny. Here are 83 of them (Disclaimer: Some of these activities involve defacing […]

Yes, you read that title correctly and I’m still shaking my head a bit. It appears that Turbo Tax has launched a tax rap contest worth $25,000 to the person that can come up with the best Turbo Tax inspired rap. The promo features Vanilla Ice with the title “R U a better rapper than […]