Teresa's Tips
Teresa Wright, a native Atlantan, is a "recovering attorney" who now is a professional gardener. A lifelong cheapskate, Teresa will help you live the life you want at the price you can afford!Email Teresa with your questions and comments. She’d love to hear from you.
| DeClutter Your Mailbox and Control Catalogues | 10:19 AM, Tuesday, 9th December, 2008 |
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| Save Online All the Time | 10:26 PM, Wednesday, 3rd December, 2008 |
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| Free text messages from your computer | 1:23 AM, Friday, 7th March, 2008 |
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Here's how to text your friends for free while sitting at your computer. Read More |
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| Call Paris for free | 1:18 AM, Friday, 7th March, 2008 |
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Free Long Distance Calls, if you'll listen to an ad. Read More |
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| Can I get this cheaper? | 1:09 AM, Friday, 7th March, 2008 |
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Check out prices on your phone while you're in the store! Read More |
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| Tax Organizers on Sale | 8:15 AM, Tuesday, 19th February, 2008 |
| Check out the Container Store right now for file folders and organizers on sale. | |
| Cheap hotel rooms | 12:42 PM, Friday, 1st February, 2008 |
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How to book super rooms for less Read More |
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| DeClutter Your Phone | 12:20 PM, Sunday, 20th January, 2008 |
| Stop telemarketing calls at home and on your cell. Read More | |
| Charitable Giving | 8:35 PM, Monday, 31st December, 2007 |
| How to give to charities Read More | |
| What's a Gift Closet? | 7:17 AM, Thursday, 4th October, 2007 |
| Being prepared for teachers' gifts and the holidays. Read More | |
| Hire an Organizer | 7:18 AM, Thursday, 4th October, 2007 |
| For when it's all just too much Read More | |
| Containers on the Cheap | 7:20 AM, Thursday, 4th October, 2007 |
| Pretty organizers don't have to break the bank Read More | |
| Junk Picker-uppers | 7:22 AM, Thursday, 4th October, 2007 |
| You've taken the first step, you've got your momentum, you're decluttering. Yay! now get it out of the house the easy way. Read More | |
| Car Buying 101 | 9:11 AM, Tuesday, 17th July, 2007 |
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Here are the steps I advised Martha to take in Operation Sort of New Car. This will save you bundles and help you swim with the sharks! Read More |
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| Free 411 | 10:57 PM, Thursday, 28th June, 2007 |
| You can dial information for free if you don't mind listening to an ad. I don't mind because I'm lazy and it's easier to call information than look something up, and it's v. handy if you're in the car or away from home. 1-800-373-3411 or 1-800-freeinfo. | |
| Free Prescription Drugs | 10:40 PM, Monday, 25th June, 2007 |
| This website will help you see what programs are out there for help in buying Rx. Generic is a great way to save. https://www.pparx.org/Intro.php | |
| Email for your phone | 10:33 PM, Monday, 25th June, 2007 |
| If you already have text messaging on your phone, but you want free email, try teleflip.com and sign up to send and receive free eamils. | |
| Protect Kids Online | 10:28 PM, Monday, 25th June, 2007 |
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These are 3 great, free websites to help you monitor and control what your kids see on the net. parentalcontrolbar.org, parentpresent.org, and kidrocket.org. |
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| Free Free Free! | 10:11 PM, Monday, 25th June, 2007 |
| I know there are tons of "free" sites, and many of them have tons of "free" strings attached, but this site is pretty good: http://www.thefreesite.com/. You can research quite a few sites, and you can search for stuff in particular. | |
| Free Legal Help | 10:04 PM, Monday, 25th June, 2007 |
| Try www.thelaw.com for free legal advice before you plop down behind someone's mahogany desk at $500 per hour. It doesn't have everything, but it does cover some general bases and can give you a starting education when you're looking for legal advice. | |
| Car Financing | 12:11 AM, Thursday, 21st June, 2007 |
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Before you buy your next car, start out at Clark Howard's site http://clarkhoward.com/ and look into financing. This is your first step towards figuring out how much you can pay. Once you know that, you'll know what you should be driving. Well of course, you know you should be carrying a Chloe bag, wearing Jimmy Choos and driving a foreign convertible. But should in this sense means what you can actually afford at present. Or what you can afford to borrow at any rate. Try Asscoiated Credit Union https://www.acuonline.org/home/home.home_index for a really great rate. We got a loan with them on our last car with absolutely no problem at all. |
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| Best interest rates are online | 12:01 PM, Thursday, 24th May, 2007 |
| Online banks offer the highest interest rates for savings accounts and are both safe and easy. ING Direct and FNBO Direct (First National Bank of Omaha) are two; check out Clark Howard 's site www.clarkhoward.com for info. FNBO Direct pays 6% until September, so check it out. | |
| Save That Potting Soil! | 11:35 AM, Thursday, 24th May, 2007 |
| It's garden season, and we're putting containers together. Potting soil can be expensive, and you should use good stuff so your plants will thrive. For big containers, however, don't fill them all the way with soil. Instead, put empty plastic pots or other material that will help drainage and fill space. This way, the pot will be lighter, easier to move, and you'll save $$ on potting soil! | |
| Drive-thru $$$$ | 12:05 PM, Thursday, 24th May, 2007 |
| Next time you're at a drive-thru restaurant, look down while you wait for your food/coffee. You may see change down there. Maybe there will be enough to pay for your sales tax; don't be too proud. Money is money! (I REALLY am cheap!) | |
| Free Business Cards | 11:48 AM, Thursday, 24th May, 2007 |
| Did you know that http://www.vistaprint.com/ offers business cards for only the cost of shipping? Try it. I did and I love it. | |