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Save $100 In 10 Minutes: Grocery Shopping That Actually Saves

This Save $100 in 10 Minutes tip takes 10 minutes of planning and then the usual amount of time it takes to grocery shop. If you’re like me, you know what you like to cook and eat… but when you get to the grocery store your mind is as blank as your 10th grade History test in a nightmare. I walk around, picking up random stuff and have no idea what to cook when I get home and it’s time for dinner. To combat this I started figuring out what I cook/eat on a regular basis (the plan) and what elemen

Save Money By Hiding It In Your House… Sort of

A few weeks back, we talked about Saving Money By Hiding it in Front of Your Fa [http://bog.mogo.ca/?p=1101] ce [http://bog.mogo.ca/?p=1101] and a lot of you thought the concept worked, but I know it’s not for everybody. That’s why I wanted to show you a similar savings idea, using an opposite technique. While the first example used cash, this technique involves your credit cards. If you want to escape the cycle of credit card debt, sometimes you will need to use unorthodox methods to break yo

10 Easy Ways To Relax For Less Than $20

We asked the Mogo Savings Community [http://www.facebook.com/mogomoney] how they relax for less than $20 for  chance to win a spa retreat. We randomly selected Nancy C. Laurence as the winner of a $150 gift certificate to a local spa. Below are just 10 of 130+ responses we got on how people relieve their stress! 1. “2 words KIT KAT all i do is buy myself a jumbo sized kit kat bar and sit back and give myself a break.” – Robbie A. 2. “I relax by sitting on the riverbank with my fishing rod and

5 Romantic Ideas That Don’t Cost Anything!

Romance can be expensive, there’s no denying it. Dinner, movies, gifts, the cost adds up. Then again, when you don’t make the effort, your relationship suffers, no? Here are five totally free ways to spice up your relationship. Your sweetie will thank you! 1) Massages – Chances are you have some oil lying around the house, but even if you don’t a massage is a sure-fire romance enhancer. Set aside some time to be alone together with your love, and give them the royal treatment. If you don’t know

Cheap and Easy School Savings!

If sending the kids back to school is causing you a ton of stress worrying about all those school expenses, then here are some ideas to help you prepare for the expenses and save yourself some money in the process. 1) The school envelope – Grab an envelope and start stashing money in it. This is your emergency backup for the times that you forget to pack a lunch or withdraw the lunch money. It’s also a life-saver when your child appears the morning of a field trip with a permission slip and a n