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Tune in to “The Cheap Life”

Posted on 01/15/2013 by | Money | Comments

Entertainment | Money & Savings | TravelToday marks the launch of a new YouTube series produced by AARP called The Cheap Life, starring the “Ultimate Cheapskate” Jeff Yeager. Each week, Jeff will discuss how you can have fun saving money and live the ‘good life’ at a fraction of the cost. The Cheap Life will offer plenty of tips on how to stretch your hard-earned dollars. And, of course, you’ll have plenty of chances to win gift card prizes and cheapskate schwag. So tune in. Be sure to subscribe to The Cheap Life, just click …

Behind the Scenes on ‘The Cheap Life’ Set

Posted on 12/17/2012 by | The Ultimate Cheapskate | Comments

Food | Money & SavingsIt was only 2 p.m., but the day already seemed about a week and half long, and for good reason. See also: Subscribe to The Cheap Life By the second day of filming for my new web series, The Cheap Life, I’d already: Struggled to audibly deliver my lines about the virtues of peanut butter while simultaneously attempting to eat copious amounts of it off my index finger; Been dressed and redressed as an aging rock star, a ’70s era …

Keep These Items in Your Car This Winter

Posted on 11/12/2012 by | The Ultimate Cheapskate | Comments

Money & Savings | TravelA few would-be throw away items can come in really handy this winter as you prepare yourself and your automobile for the cold months ahead. See also: Ways to save on travel.  Consider these simple, money saving tips for repurposing some common household rather than tossing them in the trash: Do you have sock or mitten that’s missing its mate? Whatever you do, don’t throw that away! Instead, cut a slit in the tip of it, slip the handle of …

Start Your Own “$4 a Gallon Gas Savings Club”

Posted on 11/5/2012 by | The Ultimate Cheapskate | Comments

Money & Savings | TravelSince gas prices in most parts of the country have once again dropped below $4 per gallon (the national average is currently just under $3.50 per gallon for regular unleaded), now is a perfect time to start what I call a “$4 a Gallon Savings Club.” Try our gas savings quiz. The idea is simple: start “paying yourself” the difference between $4 and what you’re now actually paying at the pump. So if gas is $3.50 a gallon, whenever you …

“Fall Into Savings” Challenge Wraps Up

Posted on 10/29/2012 by | The Ultimate Cheapskate | Comments

Money & SavingsThe special 2012 “Fall Into Savings” Challenge is now history, and it indeed made some history, with a record number of more than 5,600 individuals now registered in the Savings Challenge group. Who knew there were so many cheapskates out there? This month-long Challenge, which ended on Oct. 28, was all about finding simple, creative ways to save money. So simple, in fact, you might say you just “fall into” these money-saving methods (get it?). Yep, group members really got …

Save Money By Breaking Bad Spending Habits

Posted on 10/8/2012 by | The Ultimate Cheapskate | Comments

Money & SavingsIt’s true what they say:  Bad habits are hard to break.  But the good news is that breaking many bad habits will not only make you happier, and maybe healthier, but richer too. And that’s what the Week 2 “Break a Bad Spending Habit” Challenge is all about.  We want to hear your success stories about how you’ve kicked some nasty habits and saved some cash because of it. Maybe it’s a habit you just fell into like getting coffee …

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