Check out Bing to see what deals are available.

Bing shopping is offering 20% cashback if you shop at Ebay.com and Walmart.com.

With Bing Shopping you can earn up to $2,500 with their cashback program in a year. The wait for the cashback depends on the store with a maximum wait of 60 days and there is a $5 minimum for payout.

If you use a Paypal account for your purchases on Ebay, Bing will automatically deposit the funds into your account. It should be noted that the cashback program is for US residents only.

If you like shopping online, this may be something you’d like to check up on to see if you can save some money on. Since they have different deals year round, you may want to find out other cashback deals by following Bing on Facebook and Twitter.

Panda Budget: Free Budget Tool for GPT Readers

PandaBudget is a simple budget program that can help you allocate your money.

• Create/edit monthly expenses
• Label expenses as critical (Rent/Food), important (Car payments), or luxuries (Cable TV)
• Note your bills as paid

Who is This For: Anyone wanting a simple budgeting tool for free (like a college student).

Who is This Not For: Someone who is looking for a A-Z program to track their budget, investments, and net worth. I would love to suggest that you try out Quicken or Mint for your needs.

System Requirements

• .NET framework if you’re running Windows XP or
• Windows Vista/ Windows 7
• Use Mono if you’re running Linux or a Mac

Feedback

This is a huge part of the software as my husband would love to make a more useful tool for people. Please send your feedback on what you like and what you would want from the software.

Download Panda Budget

80% off Gift Certificates

Today you can get a $25 Gift Certificates for only $2 . The Coupon Code FOUR will take off the 80% as you check out. While you have to check the restrictions for the restaurants you choose, you can get some great deals on this.

You’ve seen how we like to look for different deals when eating out. Restaurant.com can help you discover a new spot to have dinner out. Being frugal doesn’t mean you stop eating out, it means that you appreciate that you don’t have to spend a ton of money to have a good time.

Throwing a Classy and Easy Dinner Party

If you love to entertain friends at home, you may want to check out my series on having dinner parties. We’ve been doing this more this year and it has been fantastic. You don’t have to spend a ton of money on it as some people think. The key is to let it be a reflection of you.

• Drinks
• Appetizers
• Meals
• Desserts

What are your ideas for reducing your eating out budget?

Check out the The New Coffeehouse Investor.

It’s a good book and I gave a friend my copy to borrow and check it out.

If you’re just getting started with investing or need a guide to point you in the right direction, this a solid book. You’re going to find some useful information like:

• Finding an asset allocation for your retirement portfolio
• Indexing the Stock Market
• Figuring out how much to set aside for saving

If you read the book or want to know more, check out the Coffeehouse Investor site. It has some great information.

I can’t believe this site has been up for a couple of years! I’m grateful to everyone that has supported it and I wanted to take a bit of time just share with you some information about the ad policy here on the site. I’m trying to be a bit more transparent in regards to the blog’s content.

The ad policy I posted earlier today is nothing ground breakingly new. I have followed these general principles, but as the site has grown, I gotten many emails for reviews and advertising deals. I want to hopefully clarify where I stand and have written policy for ads on the site .

Here are the highlights:

• Advertising Goals: My goal is still to maintain the resourcefulness of the site for my readers, while introducing them to sites, products, and services which may be of interest to them.
• Product Posts and Reviews: You can not buy a positive review. I won’t accept money for the review itself, and I retain complete editorial control over what I write.
• Extra Products: If it’s a good product/service/site  and you send extra copies, then understand that they will be offered to the readers in a giveaway to  reward loyal readers.
• Text Link Ads: My policy is to be clear with text link ads. I do use them for affiliate programs for products that are very useful to my readers. I work hard on choosing who to work with and I want to maintain the trust of my readers.

You can find the complete details on this page.

I know it’s not complete and I haven’t thought of every possible situation.If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact me.

I have a lot of respect for my readers (you). I want this site to benefit you and, at the same time, gain some revenue to help us reduce our debts.

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