Mother's Day Flowers - Discounts & Coupons

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]May 04, 2009: Mother's day is almost here. We've already presented windowboxes as a cool gift idea for moms who love to garden. But flowers always seem to bring an instant smile to our mom's loving face. Some ideas never seem to age, they are evergreen. Come to think of it, they are like our mom's love which

FREE Health Care for the Unemployed - Take Care Clinic

If you have lost your job, are unemployed at present and are uninsured, then you along with your family can get FREE health care visits at a Take Care Clinic. Take Care Clinics are part of Take Care Health Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walgreens.
This offer applies to any Take Care Clinic patient that loses his or her job on or after March 31 and has no health insurance. Any other

Valentine's Day Flowers - Top Ten Online Florists

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Feb 10, 2009: Valentine's day is round the corner. It really helps if we plan ahead for a nice bouquet of flowers. We hate last minute scrambles where we end up spending too much money to get our act in place. This time we've decided to get it right by ordering early on so that we don't burn holes in our

Top Ten Paid Survey Sites to Make Extra Money

Whenever we get some free time or short breaks we use it to earn some extra money by doing paid surveys. This helps us to donate more money to our favorite charities. Last year we earned around $127 by doing paid surveys from Pine Cone Research. So we thought of expanding our paid survey portfolio to other paid survey sites as well.

We've centered our research on paid survey sites which

Electronic Gadgets - From Junk to Joy

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Dec 12, 2008: When we were cleaning our house in preparation for our moves (this year) we were amazed at the amount of electronics junk that had piled up over the years. You name it and we had it - old PDAs, cell phones, computers, laptops, music players, docking stations and what not. We were not sure

Best Gas Credit Cards

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Dec 3, 2008: Rising gas prices is one of the biggest challenges for those of us trying to live within a budget. On a bigger scale, its impact has caused prices of food and other essential commodities to spiral up. Most American families have been challenged to look for creative ways to cut down on their

Festival of Frugality #140 - The Frugal Quotes Edition

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Welcome to a pithy 140th edition of the Festival of Frugality. It's based on a theme of frugal quotes. Before we get started on the festival, you may want to checkout our current giveaway of Dr. Davis Liu's fantastic book "Stay Healthy, Live Longer, Spend Wisely." If you are new to FIRE Finance, you can

Top 10 Sneaky Credit Card Tricks

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).] We recently concluded a series which dealt with increasing our awareness about some common caveats of the credit card game. Knowing about these oft practiced sly tricks can help us save hundreds of dollars and hours of head ache as well as stress. It will also aid us to be better debt managers while

Tipping Guidelines

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Aug 1, 2008: This summer, during our cross country US Tour, we had to pay quite a lot of tips to bellboys, skycaps, waiters and waitresses at restaurants, taxi drivers, food delivery and room service. Since our travel lasted for nearly 8 weeks and spanned across ten expensive US metropolitans, we ended up

Airline Excess Baggage - Tune in to new fees

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Jun 19, 2008: Recent changes in the policies of major airlines regarding the number of bags that can be checked in (domestic flights) has definitely increased the cost of air travel. More so for people like us who almost always need to check in a couple of bags due to the nature of our jobs and travel needs.

New Bill Boosts Car Fuel Economy!

Today, at the Energy Department, President Bush signed into law a legislation that is claimed to be “a major step” toward energy independence and easing global warming. It will bring more fuel-efficient vehicles into auto showrooms and require wider use of ethanol. It requires automakers to increase fuel efficiency by 40 percent to an industry average 35 miles per gallon by 2020. The standard

FREE Land & Handsome Living Allowances!

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]How often we think that there is no FREE lunch. But that is not really true! Says who? Says Uncle Sam, really we mean it.......North Dakota and Kansas are giving away free land. Alaska is offering handsome living allowances. Well if it sounds too good to be true, read on to find out for yourselves.Kansas -

Festival of Frugality #96 - The FIRE Edition!

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A warm heartfelt welcome to the 96th FIRE Edition of the Festival of Frugality. Pull up a chair, get your drink and relax with this nice offering of frugal stories. For those of you who are visiting us for the first time, we request you to take your time and look around. There are many useful articles

Live Rent Free and Earn as a Caretaker

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Do you have a mobile home? Is your job flexible and allows you to work from home? Perhaps you are a writer and you wish to go away from the city life for extended periods. Are you taking a break from your work life after several years of hard toil? Are you retired? If you belong to any of the above you may

Tips To Save On Dining or Eating Out!

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]We all know that we can save hundreds of dollars each month if we eat at home. The savings that we get by purchasing groceries and cooking on our own is commendable. But being busy professionals sometimes we fail to catch up on our cooking. Consequently we eat out. In those occasions, it always feels nice to

Save Gas - Tips To Save Money On Gas

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Transportation is an integral part of our lives. Consequently we spend quite a large portion of our earnings for finding and sustaining a means to meet our transportation needs. But on careful reflection we felt we could save our hard earned dollars spent on purchasing gas aka "gas money". How? We came up

Best Airfares Now Delivered Directly To Your Desktop!

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Usually when we are searching for the best airfares we go to kayak or sidestep. However during our summer travels (in the last couple of months) we found that American Airlines was a steady winner in offering the cheapest prices to our chosen destinations. So we were delighted when we received a note from

Energy Saving Tips For This Summer

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]Here are some great energy saving tips (courtesy Duke Energy) for keeping our houses cool this summer without creating an extra burden on our energy and power bills.Keep your thermostat at a higher temperature in the summer. Raising the temperature just 2 degrees can reduce cooling costs by as much as 5

Fantastic AAA Savings Cheat Sheet

[This post is written and copyrighted by FIRE Finance (http://firefinance.blogspot.com).]For an early retirement it is quintessential to save every dime we can in our day to day expenses. Every year AAA has helped us save hundreds of dollars with various discounts from diverse vendors in many of our purchases and travel expenses. We thought that a AAA Savings Cheat Sheet might help our readers

FIRE Finance Presents Festival Of Frugality #57

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Welcome to the Festival of Frugality #57. We are grateful for having been given the opportunity of hosting it. While you are here please take your time to look around FIRE Finance. There are many gems strewn around, take whatever you like!

Without much ado, let us introduce, Joe, the protagonist of