Tales from a frugal-centric, fitness-crazed, food lovin' gal.
Posted in Life on Aug 30th, 2008
TCF Bank is currently having a promotion where you can earn up to $150 in sign-up bonuses, plus another $150 in referral bonuses. I have a personal rule that a bank bonus must be at LEAST $100 before I even bother hassling with signing up for a new account, so I went ahead and hopped [...]
Posted in Finance on Dec 17th, 2007
Did you know that last year (2006) the nation’s savings rate was negative 1%? This means that the average American spent 1% more than they earned after taxes. There has been great discussion about how this is the lowest savings rate since the Great Depression, when there was a negative 1.5 percent rate in 1933. So why [...]
Posted in Life on Sep 24th, 2007
(With the potential of earning $125 more through referrals) Need to hop on this deal quick before it expires at the end of the month (9/30/07). Chase Bank is offering a $100 bonus for opening a “Free Checking” account with direct deposit. Here is the link that generates unique coupon codes (just print out and [...]
Posted in Finance on Dec 8th, 2006
Today I closed my Bank of America checking account, and received $125 in cold hard cash. I only opened it with $25 — that’s a 400% return on my investment in less than two months! That was by far the easiest $100 I’ve ever made. There are plenty of sign-up bonuses floating around, but you have [...]
Posted in Finance on Sep 12th, 2006
What a fun topic, huh! I just spent the better part of an entire day researching all of the available options for my money. I must confess, that I know absolutely NOTHING about investing money. ZERO, ZIP, NADA, ZILCH. With all of the low-risk options (online savings, MMA, CD’s) paying a minimum of 5% APY [...]
