Woman Feeds Her Large Family On $4 A Week!

I found another interesting article online about how a woman feeds her large family (and pets) on $4 a week!

Of course the secret to this is coupons! The online article calls her the coupon queen! In one example she bought over $200 worth of groceries and paid less than $1 for all of them!

This is definitely something you may want to look into if you are looking for ways to save money - especially on food!

Sunday papers are loaded with coupons and mailing advertisements and circulars also have a lot of coupons in them. You can also even get coupons online as well!

Here is a link to the article:

Woman Feeds Family For Less Money!

Avoiding Those Banking Fees - Tips!

I'm a very big fan of Selfgrowth.com and I found this article about tips to help one avoid those high banking fees!

I thought that I knew almost everything about how to avoid high banking fees - you know things like not using ATMs that are from another bank, etc.,....... But after reading the article I found some interesting stuff - especially about overdraft protection!

I always thought that overdraft protection was a good idea BUT I didn't know that there was a charge to have it!

It seems that there is a lot that I don't know!

Personally, I, myself, try to avoid banking fees but I have had them! I do have to make it a personal financial goal to stop incurring those banking fees! I have used other ATM's - mostly because I was in a rush and not able to get to an ATM that was with my own bank - so I used the ATM at the store I was at even though the ATM wasn't with my own bank. There was a charge for using that ATM plus there was a charge from my own bank for using that ATM! It does add up!

I realize that there may be instances where emergencies come up and you have to use an ATM that isn't with your bank but now in today's economy you have to try and save all the "pennies" you can - especially when it comes to those (high) banking fees!

I hope the article provides useful information for you all.