The national average for a gallon of regular is almost exactly the same as it was for Memorial Day 2012. And yet, for the past two years, the periods leading up to Memorial Day couldn’t be more different.
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Here Come Gun-Focused Retail Super Centers
Picture a sprawling 30,000-square-foot Best Buy store—only instead of electronic gadgets and games, every aisle inside the big-box center is devoted to firearms, bullets, and “tactical gear.” This is the hot retail concept spreading throughout the Midwest.
Throwing Money Away in Record Numbers: All-Time High Lottery Ticket Sales
While it’s possible to make the argument that there are worse ways to waste your money than playing the lottery, there’s no denying that money spent on lottery tickets is almost always wasted. So why, at a time when the financial …
Child Care or College Tuition: Which Family Expense Is Rising Faster?
For many families, the costs of child care and college are obviously intertwined. Parents pay for the former so that they can work and save up enough—to help pay for the latter. It’s not news that the prices of both of these …
Gas Prices Are Actually Cheaper Than They Were a Year Ago
Gas prices certainly don’t seem cheap. The majority of drivers around the country are paying close to or above $4 a gallon, and the story for nearly all of 2012 so far has been that prices at the pump will just keep on rising …
What Will a Cheapskate Spend Good Money On? Part V
Even a cheapskate has to spend money sometimes. I’ve asked various frugal folks—bloggers, writers, money-saving and consumer experts—to compile personal, totally subjective lists of the products, services, experiences, and other “things” they’re willing to shell out good money on. Because if a cheapskate is willing to drop cash on …
