Trying to get back on track with your budget? OnSugar blogger Beauty and the Budget shares some great suggestions. It's 2012, and for most of us, our top New Year's resolution is to create a budget. It's a healthy resolution, of course, and if you're looking for tips on creating a budget, you can always check this site! However, you might be overlooking a few things, and it could be costing you Read more

We're thrilled to present this smart Wise Bread story here on Savvy! I have a bad tendency to let things — paperwork, tasks, laundry — pile up. That's why I'm often not as organized as I should be. By the time I go to put things away, I feel like I'm dealing with clutter so powerful it could defeat Godzilla (I've already started on the screenplay for Godzilla vs. That Pile of Stuff I Still Read more

We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! There are little tricks businesses use to get us to buy. Some are pretty obvious, like sales and coupons. Others are more subtle and nefarious, and may prey on the very good spirit of our human nature. A tad dramatic? Maybe not. Recall those free address labels from the Disabled American Veterans? In the 1970s, they decided to Read more

We're thrilled to present this smart Kiplinger story here on Savvy! We've tested and picked 15 Web sites we think are easy to use and will help you save money all year. Even if you don't end up buying online, it never hurts to find the best deals on the Web before you hit the stores. Then you can comparison shop and make better choices. We also list three smart-phone applications that will help Read more

We're thrilled to present this smart Kiplinger story here on Savvy! After about a year and a half of marriage, my husband and I have finally unpacked the boxes of his stuff and our wedding gifts that had piled up in every corner of our apartment. In doing so, we organized the whole place — finding a home within our home for all our "new" things while purging the old. Through the whole Read more

We're thrilled to present this smart Kiplinger story here on Savvy! Given the late-winter thaw showing up in what has been an ice-cold job market, many workers are pondering a topic they haven't worried much about lately — job interviews. Here are my favorite interview tips for job candidates, from new grads to ultra-experienced hires: Collect personal contact information. As you meet each new Read more

If you're pulling your hair out about how hopeless the sale of your house is going, maybe you should hop onto the Craigslist bandwagon. Scott Miller, a resident of Dallas, TX, decided to place an advertisement in the online classifieds network for his five-bedroom house, according to the Daily Mail. He's asking for $349,500, and has already received a bid that matches the amount. Miller says, "I Read more

We're thrilled to present this smart Kiplinger story here on Savvy! Economists view the Commerce Department's report today that consumer spending rose in July as encouraging — considering consumer spending accounts for about 70% of the nation's economic activity. You might say it's a good thing Americans aren't pinching their pennies quite so much. Some of that spending came at the expense of Read more

We all hear of miracle stories of coupon mavens feeding their families on $10 a week, and although it's impressive, it's not always realistic for the rest of us. If you aren’t able to clip coupons like it’s your job, read some of these tips by Nancy Cook, one of the vice presidents of coupon provider Valpak: Decide what you need to buy. Nancy says that she looks "for specific deals on Read more