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Take back St. Valentine’s Day from Hallmark and Hershey’s.
Today is St. Valentine’s Day. Delivery vans filled with flowers are passing each other on the highways; the supermarket aisles filled with pink and red cards are chock full of men and women,...
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What NOT to Hand Out on Halloween
I am that neighbor who turns off her lights and closes the curtains, hoping the kids won't hear the movie I'm watching blaring inside. It's not that I'm a stingy person, or that I'm some crank who...
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Best Money Tips: Ways to Use Leftover Halloween Candy
Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips Roundup! Today we found some fantastic articles on ways to use leftover Halloween candy, safeguarding your career switch, and saving money on holiday...
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10 Ways to Have a Cheaper Easter
Easter has never been a break-the-bank holiday, but you can easily go overboard. Keep your bunny budget in check with these tips to cut costs during this time-honored spring celebration.1. Shop For...
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25 DIY Halloween Treats That Trick-or-Treaters Will Love
When my daughter was five, I took her trick-or-treating in our new neighborhood. Sparkly wand in hand, she trotted up to a door and rang the bell. A very nice old man explained that he had run out of...
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7 DIY Easter Baskets That Cost $10 or Less
The Easter bunny will hop across America on Sunday, March 27. Four out of five Americans will participate in the celebration, spending upwards of $17 billion, or $145 per person, on everything from...
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8 Reasons the Easter Bunny Should Give Money Instead of Candy
In 2015, the average family spent about $140 on Easter-related goodies. That's a lot of cash for a lot of sugar. Is it a good idea to be spending so much on something that's gone by the end of the...
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10 Smart Things to Do With Leftover Easter Goodies
The Easter holiday means a house filled with pastel… everything... cluttering the house. Don't toss all those goodies right away after. Instead, here are some ingenious ways to repurpose your leftovers...
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Are You Spending Too Much on Halloween This Year?
According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), more than 171 million Americans will celebrate Halloween this year at a total cost of about $8.4 billion— an all-time high.Broken down, the price tag...
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10 Classic Impulse Buys We Need to Stop Falling For
An impulse buy is just how it sounds. It's a purchase that we haven't really thought through, and instead follow the direction of our "lizard brains." We don't ponder the pros and cons of the purchase,...
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11 Fun Tax Facts You Probably Never Knew
Taxes: Love 'em or hate 'em, you still gotta pay 'em.In fact, taxes are a tale as old as time. Well, almost. The earliest tax, according to the book "A World History of Tax Rebellions," was on the...
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9 Halloween Treats You Can Make in an Instant Pot
Like virtually every other home cook in America, I recently got an Instant Pot, a brand of electric pressure cooker and slow cooker combo that has become a word-of-mouth hit. While I use it for...
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Flashback Friday: 44 Ways to Effectively Resist Impulse Buys
The impulse buy is sly. It is cunning. It can suck you into its wasteful clutches before you realize you don’t actually need that gadget or geegaw or trifle in the first place. Impulse buys are also...
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Ask the Readers: What Do You Do With Leftover Halloween Candy?
Depending on how you feel about sweets (and on any dietary restrictions you may have), leftover Halloween candy be either a blessing or a curse. Ideally, you would've picked up just enough candy for...
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