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Practical Ways to Cut the Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner

Em Rodriguez / November 2nd, 2018 / No Comments

For many families and friends, Thanksgiving is a time to gather, catch up, and have a good time over good food. However, if you are the one hosting the Thanksgiving dinner, it can also be a lot of stress, and cause a dent in your finances, especially if you haven’t budgeted for this giant celebration. From grocery shopping to turkey preparation to decorating your abode, the cost of Thanksgiving...

Posted in: Personal Finance, Saving Money Tagged with: holidays, saving money, Thanksgiving dinner

What Should You Give the Other Mothers in Your Life?

Susan Paige / May 8th, 2018 / No Comments

This year Mother’s Day spending will reach an estimated $23.6 billion. Although the strength of the economy is a key driver of this spending, another factor includes people buying gifts for all of the other mothers in their lives — not just their own mother. jQuery(window).load(function(){ var s = document.createElement("script"); s.type = "text/javascript"; ...

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How to Avoid a Post-Holiday Spending Hangover

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Chonce Maddox / December 7th, 2016 / No Comments

You might have experienced it before. The holiday season rolls around. You go overboard with your gift list. You take advantage of one too many sales. Everyone invites you to events or a holiday gift exchange. You decide to take the kids out to the local winter festival. Come January, you’re in over your head and either extremely broke or faced with an overwhelming amount of credit card debt. Dealing...

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Affordable Ways to Enjoy the Holiday Season

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Chonce Maddox / November 22nd, 2016 / No Comments

Thanksgiving is tomorrow and that means Christmas will be here in just one month now. Many people are probably considering shopping for Black Friday or Cyber Monday and wrapping up their holiday shopping lists. There’s nothing wrong with that, but this season only comes around once a year and you don’t want to be worried about gifts and money the entire time. The holiday season can be super...

Posted in: Family Tagged with: affordable activities, black friday, cheap holiday activities, holiday shopping, holidays