Get Your Game On . . . Cheaply


Updated 10/29/10 12:24 AM · Posted by OnSugar Blog · 1 comment

Cheap Sites For Video Games

As with any tech-centered hobby, a love of gaming can get pricey — fast. On her OnSugar blog The Frugal Geek, member Toddie shares how she maintains her habit without breaking the bank. True confessions: I am a total video game hound. I like the hidden object games, the puzzle games, the arcade games, even the Lego series. If I had not found a way to get my video games relatively cheaply, my Read more

"He Won't Buy Me an Engagement Ring"


Updated 02/13/12 4:10 PM · Posted by Tres Community · 11 comments

Boyfriend Won't Buy Engagement Ring

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! My boyfriend had been hinting to me about getting married and starting a family. He has been divorced before but no kids. I don't know if he's joking or not but I think he's trying to tell me that he won't get a diamond ring for me. He told me he thinks a diamond ring is pointless because Read more

11 Things You Need to Throw Away and Other Savvy Hits of the Week!


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11 Things You Need to Throw Away and Other Savvy Hits of the Week!

Eleven things you need to throw away. Be frugal and save money on gas with these tips. Make your daily commute less painful with these apps. Five signs you're burned out. Don't let the wedding bells distract you — read these tax tips for newlyweds. Is it really that great to be an übersuccessful career woman like Sheryl Sandberg? Don't make these tax season mistakes. Single gals, enjoy V Read more

"I Just Got Separated: Should I Stay Hopeful or Move On?"


Updated 02/11/12 1:42 PM · Posted by Tres Community · 6 comments

"I Just Got Separated: Should I Stay Hopeful or Move On?"

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! My partner and I separated recently, and it has been very hard on both us and the kids. Things were simply getting out of hand; too much verbal and emotional abuse on both ends. We were together four years and I was very happy and in love at the beginning, but once I began working things Read more

Personal Finance Advice From a Billionaire


Updated 02/10/12 10:24 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Mark Cuban's Finance Advice

Of all the people to take advice from, perhaps we might be able to learn a thing or two about money from billionaire Mark Cuban. In a Business Insider interview, Cuban says he encourages people to angel invest rather than buying stocks. Angel investing is when individuals (generally those with high net worth) provide capital to someone trying to start a company in exchange for part ownership of Read more

Savvy Confessions: Should I Drop My Cheap Friend?


Updated 02/09/12 6:35 AM · Posted by Savvy Community · 1 comment

Breaking Off a Friendship Because of Money

This reader posted in our anonymous Savvy Confessions group, asking if she should drop a cheap friend. Do you have any advice for her? I just made a new friend and I get along really well with her. Everything about her seems to be great, except she has this one flaw . . . I'm beginning to realize that she's quite stingy. She'll try to get away with not paying or she'll say she'll give them money Read more

"How Do I Get Over My Relationship With a Narcissist?"


Updated 02/04/12 9:33 PM · Posted by Tres Community · 12 comments

How to Get Over a Relationship

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! I have been in a relationship with a narcissist for over four years. I didn't realize he was a narcissist until I began to feel as if I was losing my mind about two years ago and sought out therapy. My therapist happened to specialize in narcissism abuse and told me this was what I was Read more

Savvy Links: 6 Numbers You Need to Know to Achieve Financial Success


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Important Financial Numbers

6 numbers you need to know to achieve financial success — Real Simple Frugal Super Bowl party ideas — Wise Bread Save money and the environment with these eco tips — AllYou Financial advice from the former First Lady of the State of New York — LearnVest An unemployed man creates a house out of shredded money — Tecca What successful women have — HuffPost Women Source: Flickr User Read more

5 Money Issues Every Couple Should Prepare For


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Common Money Issues in Relationships

We talk about love and money quite a bit here on Savvy, and many of you have had a go-round or two with your significant other about the topic. In a new relationship, resolving money issues means adjusting to each other’s spending and saving styles, and coming up with a system you can both live with. But as relationships grow and change, financial situations do too, and many couples find Read more

Need an Anonymous Outlet to Vent About Work?


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Career Forum Jan. 30, 2012

Boss being difficult? Upset about being underpaid? I know you need a place to vent — all of us do. What better place to spill your work or money frustrations than Savvy Confessions, a community group that will keep your identity anonymous. So far we've had someone ask group members about whether they should list their crazy ex-supervisor as a reference and about the unfriendly new girl at the Read more