Category: Money Saving Tips

Verizon Up is a program for Verizon customers that offers a choice of a reward each month. The value of the rewards start at $3 and go up from there. The most expensive rewards are the Super Ticket Rewards. These are usually tickets to concerts and sporting events. There is

This isn’t my first blog on the web. I’ve been making posts on Blogger.com since 2005. I recently went back and reviewed some of my old posts from the early days. Many posts were about budgethomepage.com and things that were happening in my life. A lot of my early posts

I decided to give Cub’s online shopping website another try. In my last post I commented on how the experience wasn’t as good as using the Instacart website. One complaint was that you couldn’t shop for only the sale items. Well, it turns out you can. That made it a

For the past year I’ve been using Instacart’s website to shop at our local Cub grocery store. When I picked up my last order, the store included an advertisement for their own shopping website. They described it as “Our new pickup & delivery experience!”. I am mostly satisfied with Instacart,

My August natural gas bill arrived the other day and I noticed it was about 13% higher than normal for this time of the year. I primarily use natural gas to heat my home. Typically during the summer, my usage is at its lowest. I live in Minnesota, where Winters

The monthly electric bill for August arrived the other day. I usually don’t look too close at the bill, other than to see if it is within the expected $80-$120 range. The bill was unusually high this time at $173. I started looking at the bill to see what had