30 Laughable Christmas Gifts for the Filthy Rich

Why should the filthy rich have to downscale at Christmas just because the rest of the world is swimming in debt and foreclosures? Don't they deserve a Merry Christmas, albeit with appallingly expensive gifts? Apparently the billionaires of the world agree: Neiman Marcus sold fifty 2010 Jaguar XJs -- priced at $105,00 each -- in just four hours.

Tasty Turducken: Recipe and Coupons

Legend has it that celebrity Cajun chef Paul Prudhomme created the Turducken dish for a 1983 festival in Duvall, Wash. However the truth, according to National Geographic, is that Turducken was created in November 2005 by Herbert's Specialty Meats of Maurice, Louisiana as a way to sell more meat.

The Meat Market: How to Creatively Buy Beef

Unless you're a vegetarian, the meat bill will eat up your grocery total more than anything else. Forget about trying to afford a nice cut of beef, if you need to pinch pennies. And the organic stuff? May as well book a table at your local steak joint for that price...

Are You Getting Clipped? 9 Tips to Avoid Coupon Scams

A sweet coupon is tough to resist, but offers that appear to good to be true can be fraudulent. Coupons are easy to access and have become so popular that scammers have become more and more prevalent and more sophisticated.

How to Create a Christmas Gift Budget

Creating a budget for your Christmas gift shopping isn't as difficult as it sounds. The hard part is actually sitting down and doing the work.Some tips before we look at the actual process. First, don't be afraid to make changes to the budget as you go...

5 Places to Purchase a Pre-Cooked Thanksgiving Feast

More and more families are waving the white flag and ordering pre-cooked holiday meals from their favorite restaurants to cut back on arguments while enjoying great tasting meals.  If you’re in the same boat this year, you have several options from which to pick.

How to Participate in Coupons for Troops Program

Military wife Toni Anderson, also known as the HappyHousewife blogger, wanted to help out other military families on Veterans Day, commemorated this year on Nov.11. So in 2008 she began the Coupons for Troops campaign, to provide expired and non-expired coupons to military families stationed around the world.

Coupon Sherpa's Excruciating Guide to Coupon Protocol

"Miss Manners Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior" is 838-pages long, and yet there's not one word in the entire tome about coupon etiquette. If there was such a section, I might have lobbed it at the lady in front of me at the supermarket yesterday when she pulled out a stack of disorganized, mostly expired coupons after eying the single box of cereal I was attempting to purchase.

How to Avoid Cashier Calamities

It never fails. The cashier zips those bar coded labels at light speed while we make small talk. She gives me a grand total, I swipe a piece of plastic through a gray box, then sign away a large sum. The total seems a bit off but with five people behind me, I succumb to "move along" pressure...

35 Veterans Day Freebies

In honor of Veterans Day on Nov. 11, restaurants, retail stores and entertainment centers across the country are offering some truly amazing deals and some okay deals for everyone from veterans and their families to firefighters and police officers.