Safe Cyber Shopping Tips
It’s the Holiday shopping season and savvy shoppers everywhere know the best deals of the year can be found in the few days immediately after Thanksgiving. The bravest of us get up at the crack…
Alison
Alison is a freelance writer, teacher, budding entrepreneur, and mom.
Act Now to Save Up to 42% on College Expenses Next Fall
According to data collected by The College Board for the 2014-15 school year, the average cost of room and board ranges from $9,804 at four-year public colleges and universities to $11,188 at private ones. With…
Six steps to back to school savings
This time of year, if you’re a parent of school-age kids, you might relate to that old commercial with the dad skipping merrily down the aisles of the office supply store as he tosses school…
Budget-Friendly Landscaping Tips
First impressions matter, especially when it comes to your home. Curb appeal–or lack thereof–significantly impacts property value. Investing in a nicely designed landscape can increase your home’s overall value by up to 20 percent. But,…
Go Green to Save Green
It’s Earth Day. Well, on the day this article gets published it will be officially, but no matter what day of the year it is as you read this its message will have relevance. What…
NDYL, A Sort of Epilogue
Well, friends, the time has come. The curtain is about to close on the literary reality show known as “Nickel and Dime Yourself to Life”–at least, for now. Regular NDYL readers might remember my original…
NDYL, Part 6B: Eat to Save
This year I’m going to spend less on food by eating more. Nutritious foods, that is. Eating mostly minimally processed homemade nutrient-rich food, rather than a lot of convenience foods will save my family at…
NDYL, Part 6: How I’m saving my family over $33,000 a year
Yep. I’m not exaggerating. If all goes according to plan we really will have saved over $33,000 by the end of the year. Admittedly, numbers aren’t my forte, so you’d be right to question that…
NDYL, Part 5B: Relapse Recovery (Yes, Virginia, there is a way to make it happen, even at Christmastime)
“The best laid plans of mice and men oft go astray.” True dat, Robert Burns. True dat. I don’t know anything about Mr. Burns, the poet who penned those wise words, but I suspect he…
NDYL, Part 5A: Relapse Recovery
I’m on stage, speaking to a huge crowd of people I’ve never met before about a subject far outside my comfort zone, and I’m naked. I cannot see my audience members’ faces or hear their…