Gimme A Break

Looking at the escalating cost of living, I think it’s only a matter of time before more people turn to online college courses to earn their paper qualifications.

I’m just basing this on the fact that it’s getting so expensive to even leave the house to go to college. It’s not just the gas money. But each time you go out, you have to spend money on food, parking and incur a whole bunch of other incidental expenses.

But if you take an online degree, you don’t have to incur those sorts of expenses. But of course, you miss out on the social aspect of going to college which may or may not matter depending on how important it is to you, I guess.

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It’s really depressing to go to the gas station these days. I had to go this morning. When I pumped gas last week, I thought I’d gotten myself a full tank.

For a price of less than two digits, I seriously doubted that could possibly be right. But I was in a hurry that afternoon and drove away only to find out later that my tank was only three-quarters full.

A full tank now costs me more than a hundred bucks! Duh! It’s not funny. I really need to stay home more or get a motorcycle like many of the city folks are doing apparently.

Quite honestly, I can’t imagine myself riding a motorcycle even if I did know how! City driving is hazardous enough as it is. I’d like to save money but safety comes first.

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I almost dread to read the papers these days only to find out the price of oil has gone up overnight again! The prices of every everything, especially food, has gone up and up. It used to be that they creeped up unnoticed but now you can actually go to the grocery store and find the prices jumping up from week to week.

It’s almost like wow, should I actually even eat this any more? I’ve cut back on lots of things that I now consider frivolous. Well, those are things we ate just for the fun of it but which had little nutritional value. You know, stuff like snacks, sodas, and new products that are fun to try.

What about you? Are you feeling the pinch of higher food prices?

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I’m lucky I only have one golf fanatic in my family but even then, he does occasionally hog the TV to watch other sports games. I have friends whose entire brood is sports-crazy and who will pretty much hog the entire TV when there’s a big game on.

Buying tickets could burn a hole in your pocket if you have an entire family who wants to go. And frankly no one is going to want to stay home if they can watch it ‘live’, right?

But here’s a tip. If your dear die-hards are looking for super bowl tickets, you can text message TicketsNow.com to reserve your ticket and save $500 off a pair of tickets in the process.

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You know as well as I do how expenses have a way of shooting sky-high during the holiday season. It’s amazing when you really sit down and write out your shopping list, it practically goes on for miles.

It’s just not the gifts, there’s also the parties, the folks dropping in from out of town, the sprucing up the house a little. This is the time you want to save any which way you can to stretch that dollar just that bit further.

If you’re in the UK, you’re in luck because Quick Shop, a new comparison shopping site, has just opened. They are featuring products from more stores than any other UK site.

Just entire what you’re looking for and it pulls up a whole page of stuff that meets your criteria. Hover over any item and you’ll have a pop-up window telling you which stores are carrying that product and how much they’re selling for at each store. Gotta love how easy it is. Go check it out yourself.

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A group of us families have been talking about going on a group vacation together. Wouldn’t that be fun? Thing is we’ve been talking about it for years now, from the time the kids were toddlers.

Now our kids are teenagers and we still haven’t gone yet ! We’ve all been so busy with careers, raising families, well, we really should sit down and plan something.

When you travel in groups to Orlando, the theme park capital of the world, for instance, you should take advantage of discount hotel reservations to save a bundle.

There’s so much to do and see in the Orlando area that sure Orlando.com’s affordable prices on hotels, car rentals and flights will be a great choice.

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You wouldn’t believe the amount of candy we go through in this house during the festive season. That’s the time I buy lots of it because I so love seeing the wide-eyed excitement in kids’ eyes when I give them a colorfully wrapped candy bar or some sweets.

Well, it looks like I may soon have to open up the “gates of candy” again just before my nieces and nephews hit town this holiday season. It’s going to get expensive, I tell you.

I might get smart and hit eSnacks, the online bulk candy store this time because they have premium sweets and candy at discount prices. Sure, that’s what buying in bulk means, right? Saving money!

Baby Ruths are my favorite. But the kids don’t care if they get a Kit Kat or Skittles. They’re just happy to get their hands on candy, period! I’m just happy it won’t cost me a bomb to make them happy this year !

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A cousin of mine will be moving his company to a new office next month, or before the end of the year. Since he’s making good money, he’s considering buying everything new.

He plans to leave his office furniture and fittings at the old office when he moves out. I was like - what? He’s pretty sure people will come and cart them away since most of the furniture is still quite new.

I think it’s a real waste. He can always sell the stuff and use the money to take his staff out for a good old dinner. I’m suggesting he donate the stuff to some charitable organization who, I’m sure, would greatly appreciate it.

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Frankly no one can afford to have a bad credit rating these days because it can be a big hassle when it comes to purchasing big ticket items.

But on the other hand, I’m sure you’ll be getting lots of offers to help you rebuild your rating. The thing is to be careful that you don’t get scammed in your eagerness to correct that poor credit rating.

I know we want to save time sometimes but it’s time worth spending to go to a trusted consumer resource like BadCreditOffers.com to compare loan and credit card offers.

After all, it’s free and they even have expert staff to advise you on credit repair and debt relief.

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I’ve been a VP (Vacation Planner) in the family long enough to know that planning a holiday is not all it’s cracked up to be.

While everyone else in this family may think that all it takes is a couple of clicks here, a couple of calls there, and we’re on our way to the vacation of our lives.
Unfortunately it doesn’t work this way, not unless you find an online travel company that has the experience to help you plan everything down to the letter.

Isango! tours and activities are meant to be stress-free. You want to make informed decisions, secure unbeatable prices and ensure that everything goes as planned during your trip.

When you’re traveling with kids, you really want to be flexible and you are allowed flexibility when you book with Isango.

And you want to know upfront what the whole trip is going to cost you. No hidden costs, no surprises. Family travel is expensive enough without all the miscellaneous charges here and there.

There’s nothing worse than the sudden realization, OMG we’re like over-budget and we’ll all have to go hungry for a month after the trip kind of thing.

That, in a nutshell, is the job of the VP with some help from a trusted online travel specialist .

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