My mom and brother have donated cars to charity before.
From their experience, I learned a few things about the process.
The biggest thing I learned: It's so quick and simple!
Here's how to donate a car to the charity of your choice...
Continue reading: Charitable Car Donation Places
Here's a classic example of just how FAST the price of gas was rising this morning!... (You won't believe this.)
First, an example of what we saw LAST night... just a few short hours before the Thursday morning rush hour traffic:
Continue reading: Proof: High Gas Prices
If you're wondering...
...then you're definitely going to enjoy this 2-part article, including highlights about two cool websites:
- YourMPG
- GasBuddy
Continue reading: What's Your True Gas Mileage?
I've mentioned GasBuddy before, as a way to find the lowest price for gas in your own neighborhood.
Recently, I decided to take a closer look at GasBuddy and see what it's REALLY all about, and how they get their data.
Continue reading: Gas Buddy Finds Cheapest Gas
Just two short months after posting this about Jim's June 10th speeding ticket in Kentucky (after 200,000+ miles ticket-free!)... then this about Jim getting ANOTHER warning on July 31st here in Tennessee...
He manages to rack up yet ANOTHER speeding ticket this weekend -- this one in Indiana!
So, what's the lesson here?...
Continue reading: Too Many Speeding Tickets
Jim's been skating through "life on the highway" by the skin of his teeth for years now.
He's gotten FOUR (4) warnings for speeding -- and that's just in the time that I've known him.
Every time I'm in the car with Jim and I comment about his driving, he always reminds me of the fact that HE's never been in an accident (I've been in 3 minor "incidents", of which NONE were my fault...) and HE's never gotten a ticket (I've gotten 3, but wait til you hear what for!!!).
Jim's had no incidents or tickets... Til now!
Continue reading: Police Warnings & Speeding Tickets
At which point does "a good thing" become "too much of a good thing"?
Case in point: I venture into my favorite department store: Kohl's. Upon walking through the door, I'm immediately greeted with lots of "SALE" signs: "huge sale"... "MEGA-sale"... "up to 30% off" sale. You get the idea.
I'm thinking: "Lucky me. I've picked a good day to shop at Kohl's!"
The goal in my mind now switches from: "look for that pair of jeans that I came to buy" to: "check out what's on sale".
Continue reading: What's Really On Sale Here?
There have been a number of cases of "sensitive data" getting into the wrong hands and impacting the security of customers' personal information lately.
Truth be told, it's hitting close to home now...
Most recently, alerts have been posted for:
Everyone's stressing. No one feels safe anymore. People are placing blame everywhere you look.
But hey, it happens.
It even happened to ME!
Continue reading: Was Your Identity Stolen?
Have YOU ever thought about being a Mystery Shopper?
You've seen the ads... You may have even come across the Mystery Shopping websites during a search for "Work At Home".
Is it a scam? Can you really make money doing this?
"Pink Poppy" is a real-life Mystery Shopper, and she tells us all the in's and out's to getting into the 'biz.
Continue reading: Mystery Shopping: Scam Or Not?
Some random money matters...
Things that could directly affect the amount of money you ultimately have left in your wallet at the end of the day, as well as future projections and things you might want to consider.
Continue reading: Job Stuff & Banking Things To Save $
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