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No Kids? You Can Still Save At Back-to-School Sales

by Christina July 23, 2009

Even if you don’t have any children, you can still use back-to-school Sales to your advantage.   While there are many deals targeted to students, you don’t have to be a student to appreciate the savings. In fact, if you wait until school starts in your area to shop, you’ll be able to shop the back-to-school [...]

Teachers: Save on Grad Credits

by Christina October 29, 2008

Editor’s note: The following post was written by my frugal friend (and college buddy) Susan: If you don’t work in education, you may not know that, as a rule, teachers can earn raises in one of two ways. The first is at the start of the new school year, we get paid a little more [...]

Preserve Those Printer Resources

by Christina August 15, 2008

I’ve often been very irritated when I print something and discover that 4 of the 8 eight pages I printed have useless garbage on them. So I was excited to find GreenPrint. GreenPrint is a free download that helps you eliminate unwanted pages from printing, which will save you time, ink, money, and trees. The [...]

Online Courses Can Save Time, Money

by Christina August 14, 2008

Thinking about getting that college degree?  Not sure where you’ll find the time? Consider online classes.  Online college courses are convenient.  You don’t have to be “in” class at a set time.  While most classes do have deadlines to meet, the coursework itself is self-paced.  You can work on your class at 3 a.m. if [...]

Saving on School Clothes

by Christina August 13, 2008

Note: This is the third post in Northern Cheapskate’s Back to School Savings series. Please join me this week as I share more tips for saving money as you head back to school. Confession:  My kids aren’t old enough for me to worry about buying new school clothes. But that doesn’t mean I’m not thinking [...]

Save Money on College Textbooks

by Christina August 12, 2008

Note: This is the second post in Northern Cheapskate’s Back to School Savings series. Please join me this week as I share more tips for saving money as you head back to school. When I was an academic advisor, I used to just cringe when I saw the lines of students that wound through the [...]

School Supplies Not Just for School

by Christina August 11, 2008

I love this time of year. I love seeing fresh notebooks, sharp crayons, and little pencil boxes. I haven’t been in school (aside from my former job) in 10 years, and my kids are nowhere near old enough for school, and yet, I still LOVE school supplies. That’s why I love this time of year. [...]