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Back to school, not back to broke.
Another school year is around the corner. That means catching the bus, making lunches, after-school drop offs & pick ups—and, of course, back-to-school spending. According to the National Retail Federation, the average family with children up to 12th grade will spend $606 on back-to-school items such as clothing and supplies, up from $548 last year. But you don’t have to break the budget setting the little ones up for success. Here's a short list of ideas to save some cash—and some sanity—when back-to-school shopping. Shop at home. Have your kids really outgrown all of their shoes and clothing? Do you have an abundance of pens, pencils, folders and rulers? Take an inventory of what your family already owns to
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Sex, lies and bank accounts: What men & women REALLY think about mates and money.
First off, let’s make it perfectly clear that here at We, the Savers, we typically try our best to steer clear of issues related to bad dates, lovers’ quarrels and other battles of the sexes. But being a Saver is smart, emotional and (to some) sexy—and we wanted to find out how that compares across gender. So we recently asked 1,000 Americans, ages 18 and up, for their take on how money affects romantic desirability. Think you know all about how much money it takes to attract a mate? And how it makes them feel when you spend too little (or too much)? Test your financial mojo with this quiz. Have fun and good luck—your next relationship could hang
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Alison: Beyond the rose-colored glasses, reality awaits.
How often do you think about money and saving? Do you ever escape it, or is it always lodged in your subconscious? "When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it." - Henry Ford I think about money all the time, I’m not going to lie. Right now, I’m thinking about money all the time because I don’t have any. We are broke, with Bear still unemployed. It has been a long 8 months, let me tell you. We thought he had a job at the
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Happy National Aviation Day, Savers. What fees are you paying to help, uh, celebrate?
Today’s flying machines would amaze and delight Orville and Wilbur Wright, no doubt. But the fares, fees, long lines and increasingly bad service? Probably not what the Wright Brothers envisioned 100 years ago at Kitty Hawk. So, to help celebrate our love of aircraft—and our nostalgia for that bygone era when flight meant no fight — we came up
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Alicia: August, not April, is the cruelest month.
How often do you think about money and saving? Do you ever escape it, or is it always lodged in your subconscious? August is always the worst. Not only is it the hottest month of the year. I’m seriously sitting here hoping for a heat index of less than 105 degrees so I can go for an evening run tonight. It’s also the worst bill month. It’s the one regular time of year I transfer money from
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Nancy: Living paycheck to paycheck, money on her mind
We asked our Customer Bloggers to share how often they think about money and saving. Nancy reflects on her life as a single mom and the money concerns that accompanied it. Click here to read her previous blog posts. 
How often do you think about money and saving? Do you ever escape it, or is it always lodged in your subconscious? “There is only one class of people that thinks about money more than the rich, and that is the poor. In fact, the poor can think of nothing else.” -- Oscar Wilde In the early years of living paycheck to paycheck, money was always on my mind. I remember crying myself to sleep over lack of money, resources, and hope of ever being able to provide adequate food, clothing and housing for my three girls. In the
How often do you think about money and saving? Do you ever escape it, or is it always lodged in your subconscious? “There is only one class of people that thinks about money more than the rich, and that is the poor. In fact, the poor can think of nothing else.” -- Oscar Wilde In the early years of living paycheck to paycheck, money was always on my mind. I remember crying myself to sleep over lack of money, resources, and hope of ever being able to provide adequate food, clothing and housing for my three girls. In the ...more»
Matt: For Babyacolypse 3, money is top of mind.
We asked our Customer Bloggers to share how often they think about money and saving. Matt, father of two with a third on the way, reflects on his preoccupation with money. Click here to read his previous blog posts. 
How often do you think about money and saving? Do you ever escape it, or is it always lodged in your subconscious? There was a time when I didn’t think about money. I didn’t have any, so why bother thinking about it? I lived simply and if I couldn’t afford something, I must not need it that bad. I didn’t have much but as long as I could put gas in the car and food on
How often do you think about money and saving? Do you ever escape it, or is it always lodged in your subconscious? There was a time when I didn’t think about money. I didn’t have any, so why bother thinking about it? I lived simply and if I couldn’t afford something, I must not need it that bad. I didn’t have much but as long as I could put gas in the car and food on ...more»
Keeping up with the Joneses’ income
The following post was originally published on www.odemagazine.com. I’m no better off than when I last wrote about the relationship between money and happiness, so I don’t have any personal insight into whether greater wealth brings greater wellbeing. But as the debate goes on, I can share this: in a paper just published in the journal Psychological Science, a team of academics has found that earning more than someone else makes us happier; simply earning more, on the other hand, does not. In an analysis of 12,000 Britons, the researchers found that ...more»
We’re looking for a few good Savers (and writers). Share your stories and we’ll share some savings.
Yeah, we’re lookin’ at you. It’s 2010, the year of the Saver (or so it should be, anyway), the YOU year. So, we want your story. We’re looking for
Share your savings account nickname, Snookums. It’s contest time.
If you were one of those kids tagged with the moniker “Reds,” “Super Squirrel,” or “Mr. Peanut,” then you know just how embarrassing and annoying nicknames can be. (We
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Is that a bank branch in your pocket?
Have you had the chance to download the Official App of Savers? Yep, that’s ING DIRECT’s full-featured mobile application for smart phones—helping Savers to be more nimble and efficient. With mobile banking, your finances are accessible anytime, anywhere. Frankly, we can’t think of anything more financially liberating than being untethered from the desktop, laptop or bank branch line. This means you can do stuff like check balances while you’re waiting in line at the DMV, pay your cable bill during a particularly boring office meeting or send a quick pay-back to your pal for covering dinner—while still at the restaurant. To celebrate this banking liberation, we have this cool contest called “Bank From Any Corner.” So make sure to grab the app from the iTunes app store or BlackBerry App World, find
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