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Money Tip: Try These 5 Savvy Weekend Saving Tips
The weekend's here and we're all celebrating our well-deserved days off (and the Super Bowl!)— but we're not about to blow our budgets doing it. You've been savvy and smart all week long when it comes to spending, so keep it up over the weekend. Enjoy the big weekend with friends and family — you don't have to spend a fortune — just be sure to keep an eye on expenses with our saving tips.
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Money Tip: Try These Savvy Weekend Saving Tips
If you've been keeping track of expenses and practicing smart savings, the last thing you want to do is sabotage all of your hard work in the course of a single weekend. Instead, make your weekends fun without spending too much cash. Think about purchases and use these tips to spend smarter and keep yourself on track throughout your weekend routine:
What's Your Chief Financial and Career Concern Right Now?
The magic of the holidays has worn off a bit and most of us are back to reality. We are entrenched in the daily grind of commuting, meetings, fresh projects and goals for the new year. While the turn of the calendar brings great resolutions and renewed energy, it can also be a little staggering.
Savvy Tip: Target Your Weakness
Just like you might seek out a workout that targets your biggest trouble spot, this year seek to target your weaknesses in your daily routine to make you more efficient and make your work and home life happier. We all have certain tasks that work like road blocks — when we see them coming up on the horizon, we procrastinate or avoid the to-do item all together. Instead, just resolve to face your fear, and tackle your trouble spot with these tips:
- If organization isn't your thing — Do it anyway, and do it well.
Money Tip: Save Money by Paying More Than the Minimum
Making a dent in your credit card debt can seem daunting, but it doesn't have to be so difficult. More than 40 percent of you have resolved to pay off credit card debt this year, so I have a tip for making sure you achieve your goal more quickly.
Paying the minimum on your balance will satisfy the creditor's demands, but it won't help you make noticeable progress on your debt.
Money Tip: Make Weekday Lunches on Sunday
Everyone has different spending priorities, but there seems to be one thing most of us agree on: Bringing your lunch to work is a smart money-saving trick and goal for 2010. You need to be proactive to get results with this one (versus your automatic savings account), which means thinking ahead on the weekend.
Sometimes, I like to make a big batch on Sunday of something that I know will taste even better as leftovers, like a hearty soup or vegetarian chili.
Money Tip: Try These 5 Savvy Weekend Savings Tips
If you spent the week carefully monitoring your spending and trying to be productive and efficient, don't be reckless on the weekend and blow all your efforts with a Saturday spending spree or pricey meal you can't afford. Consider these smart saving tips before you whip out your wallet.
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