Month: March 2007

4 Ways to keep your credit score high…and save some money in the process

Keep your balances low Pay bills on time Keep accounts open Check your credit report Just by doing these four simple things you can make sure your credit score goes up and stays high. When you have a high credit score you will be able to save money on finance charges because the higher your credit score the lower the rates...

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Save money on gas

Did you know that you can save money on gas if you Drive like an old lady? Check out this post by Baz….it cracked me up today. But not only is it funny, it also contains some good tips on how to increase your gas milage.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #93

Another Carnival of Personal Finance is up and it is number 93…we are creeping closer and closer to #100. Save Money is featured there with the article on Homemade Air Fresheners so you can go over there to check it out. There were some other really good reads at the carnival like this one on Debt to Credit ratios and...

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Latest credit report

I just got another credit report from a credit monitoring service. This service comes free for the first 30 days when I go through my HSBC credit card and then it runs $9.95 a month. I am going to cancel at the end of the trial period because by then it will be time to get my second free credit report from...

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Save money on candles…or not?

I just read a post (forgot on what blog) about how you can save money on scented candles by using a candle warmer instead of matches or lighters. I have been considering this because I do not like the idea of the smoke going all through my apartment all the time. My concern is the amount of electricity that these candle...

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