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Home, Green, Home
Updating your home with eco-friendly gadgets is more than good for the environment. It can also save you some green for the bank. ➡
Best Times to Buy Your Favorite Foods
A month-by-month guide to getting the freshest -- and cheapest -- foods ➡
9 Tricks to Negotiate Anything
My husband was on the phone with a nursing home he and his siblings had chosen for their parents, when I heard him ask, “Can you do anything for me on the price?” My jaw dropped. My husband—who’s a nice guy, by the way—has a mantra: Everything’s... ➡
The Easiest Way to Organize Your Life
Cluttered closets? Check. File cabinets filled to the brim? Double check. Don’t have time to create the neatly ordered life you crave?You’re ready to hire a professional organizer to help you organize all your stuff, arrange it, and, in some... ➡
Could a professional organizer save you money?
If you’re often searching frantically in your cluttered closet for a decent outfit, or it takes you longer to sift through the piles of paper on your desk than it does to actually do your work—you’ve probably thought about getting your life more... ➡
Be a Savvy Guest This Summer
The good: You're staying at a friend's house for the weekend. Fun chats and way more relaxing than a hotel. The bad: Guest-gift anxiety. What do you bring?It depends on how long you’re staying, says etiquette expert Anna Post, describing the gift... ➡
Which Financial Docs Are OK to Chuck?
Every year around tax time, you face the same stack of old folders and files—and every year you ask yourself: Which ones can I toss? Here's the lowdown: ANNUAL WEEDING After the end of the calendar year, many of the year’s papers can be pruned... ➡
