Penny For My Thoughts

For both my travel side and my personal finance side, my inbox brought me some good news.  My all-time favorite travel savings site, Yapta, is now powered by my favorite travel search site, Kayak.  I exaggerate not when I say that in the three years I have been using Yapta, it has saved me more [...]

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I think there is something I need to come clean with my readers about.  I’ve been going through a rough patch, and as such, haven’t been as on top of my savings and frugality.  I’m not necessarily ashamed of this fact, although the fact that retail therapy is more affordable than real therapy is another [...]

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So, I’ve been using Override* for a year.  However, my local Stop and Shop just got a gas station-I loved the gas station at my college Stop and Shop, so I was looking forward to trying it out.  I finally got my chance yesterday, and I have to say-Stop and Shop kicks Override’s booty to [...]

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So, I’m sure you’ve heard the buzz about Groupon.  If you haven’t, it’s atkin to the 50/50 offers offered by some radio stations-because Groupon buys in bulk, they can get discount gift certificates.  It’s very popular (and available in many Metro areas), in fact they were featured on Good Morning America this morning.  You should [...]

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Sorry about the lack of updates.  I’ve been dealing with some stuff in my real life that both reminds me why I save (so I have a cushion when ish happens), and that there are more important things than money.
However, this weekend I spent some much-needed Hedy time in New York City.  As I was [...]

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So I had heard that Staples now accepts all ink cartridges for a rebate (their previous program did not include Epson printer ink).  As the mother had a metric buttload of faxing and copying to do, I joined her in her trek to Staples with a bag full of Epson cartridges.  I handed them over [...]

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My mother came into the living room the other day stated that the CD she had opened 9 months ago was up for renewal, and the rates at the bank she had it at were not exciting her.  She said she was going to look into rates at other banks, but was toying with the [...]

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While at Shaws this morning doing our pre-holiday shopping, we noticed two people with a kiosk set up outside advertising OverRide .  OverRide is a program which tracks the amount of money you spend at Shaws/Star Market (and Dunkin Donuts in New Hampshire and Maine).  Based upon these amounts, you can save a certain amount [...]

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T. Rowe Price is going to be sponsoring an exhibit at Walt Disney World’s Epcot’s Innoventions attraction.  T. Rowe Price states that in starting this exhibit, they are hoping to encourage conversations between parents and children regarding saving money.  While frequent readers to this blog will probably not be shocked to hear that I think [...]

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Looking for a code for the March 2020 Friends and Family promotion?  Leave your request here.
I Just got an e-mail from Gap.  Their Friends and Family sale, which they are calling their “Get and Give” sale this year.  For those of you unfamiliar with the Friends and Family sale, it gives you  a coupon for [...]

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