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Smarty Pants

Platinum Cents - 8/21/2009

Sky rocket your pockets! Remember when you'd find a misplaced twenty dollar bill smashed in the back pocket of your jeans or tucked in a side pocket of your handbag, you were pleasantly surprised but relatively ...

Prosperous Plans - Financial Planning

Platinum Cents - 9/5/2008

Don't let your money fall through the cracks! Most money honeys know that the road to a prosperous financial future is paved with ...

Beauty Bucks - Saving Money on Cosmetics

Platinum Cents - 8/29/2008

The cost of looking good! Perusing cosmetics counters--only looking, of course--you become transfixed by the rich hues in the latest ...

Have Fund or Fun - Having an Emergency Fund

Platinum Cents - 8/22/2008

Save, save, and save some more! Maybe you weren't born with a silver spoon in your mouth or a trust fund with your name on it, but there is a can't-live-without fund that every woman, even you, must have--and no, it's not a shoe ...

Handouts - How to Handle Freeloaders

Platinum Cents - 8/15/2008

Ask and ye shall give? She's been camped out on your sofa for two months and shows no sign of ...

Super Saver - Saving Your Pennies

Platinum Cents - 8/8/2008

You're sitting on a copper mine! There are people who just know how to save their ...

Child, Please - Saving Money on Your Bundle of Joy

Platinum Cents - 8/1/2008

Save bundles of cash on your bundle of joy! Maybe you've been reading about Brad and Angelina's recent labor of love and feeling a slight longing for a bunch of beautiful babies yourself (especially if you can have the Hollywood paycheck ...

Heated - Saving Money During the Hot Summer Months

Platinum Cents - 7/25/2008

Stay cool without burning up your money! The long-awaited summer season has started, with no end in sight to soaring ...

Declined? - Raising Your Credit Score

Platinum Cents - 7/18/2008

Take a number! It's happened to many of us--that embarrassing moment when you'retold by a less-than-discreet customer-service or bank representative that you're unworthy . . . credit-unworthy, that ...

Waiting Games - Payday Loan Options

Platinum Cents - 7/11/2008

Paid today, gone tomorrow? When you're living in the ...

Independence Day - Realistic Retirement Planning

Platinum Cents - 7/4/2008

Golden girls, are you really ready for retirement? Many of you already know the importance of saving for retirement, but do you realize how much you'll need to save, and whether you're on track to reach that ...

Cut It Out - Keeping Within Your Grocery Budget

Platinum Cents - 6/27/2008

How can you stay within your grocery budget? It's soaring prices, not temps, that are forcing many of you to rethink your Hostess with the Mostest summer socialite ...

Power of One - Managing Your Finances after a Divorce

Platinum Cents - 6/20/2008

Financial affairs after the marriage! The two of you promised to love, honor, and, among other things, share the ...

Daddy Warbucks - Next Best Thing to Dad's Financial Wisdom

Platinum Cents - 6/13/2008

Keep your financial facts straight! ...

Fund First - Deciding Which Bills To Pay First

Platinum Cents - 6/6/2008

Let the bill-paying games begin! Is managing your money every month starting to seem more like a circus act, complete with juggling and tightrope ...

Rainy Days - Financial Advice to Stay Afloat in Today's Economy

Platinum Cents - 5/30/2008

Feeling financially soaked? You can't turn around without hearing about the economic slump this country has slid ...

Pet-ty Cash - How Much Are You Willing to Invest in Your Pet?

Platinum Cents - 5/23/2008

How much is that doggy in the window? He's waiting by the door when you get home, excited and ready to give you a big, sloppy ...

Getting Wasted? - Track Your Spending Habits

Platinum Cents - 5/16/2008

It's time to change your spending habits! Hey, big spender! What is that familiar ...

Role-Play or Pay - Invest in Your Parents' Financial Well-being

Platinum Cents - 5/9/2008

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Bail Out - Lending Money to Loved Ones

Platinum Cents - 5/2/2008

Have you become a lending tree? It's a phone call that every financially independent woman dreads: the one during which a family member or close friend chokes out a request to borrow ...

Green Machine - Avon Funds Everyday Philanthropists

Platinum Cents - 4/25/2008

Avon shakes its money tree to help spread wealth around the community! If you were given an extra $5,000, what you would do with ...

Smarty Pants - Improve Your Money Management

Platinum Cents - 4/18/2008

It's time to get wise and build your net worth! Ask anyone about the differences between how men and women handle money, and you might get a host of ...

Cheap Thrills - New Rules in Dating Etiquette?

Platinum Cents - 4/11/2008

On the first date, who picks up the tab? Finally you've gained the courage to speak to the cute guy who runs on the treadmill next to you every day, and you've agreed to gettogether outside of your fitness club for something more ...

Home, Sweet Home - Is Home Ownership Within Your Reach?

Platinum Cents - 4/4/2008

There's no financial challenge like it! The current mortgage crisis may have you worried that owning a home will forever be out of your ...

Dollar Cocktails - How to Discuss Money With Friends

Platinum Cents - 3/28/2008

Stir up a healthy mixture of friendship and finances! It's often said that money issues are a major cause of marriage breakups, but we rarely talk about the impact that money can have on our ...

Self-Defense - Wills, Trusts, and Estate Planning

Platinum Cents - 3/21/2008

Where there's a will, there's a way! The unexpected often happens in ways that result in minor embarrassments or inconveniences, such as breaking a heel or runninginto your ex-husband and his new girlfriend at your favorite bar. ...

Refund Reflux - What To Do With Your Tax Refund

Platinum Cents - 3/14/2008

Spend it or save it--what's your strategy? Right about now, many of us are counting our tax-refund zeros before they hatch, thinking about all the ways to spend ...