Category: Save Money

August 19, 2025 Off

Unlock a World of Audiobooks: Your Guide to Affordable Listening

By The Admiral Staff

This article explores various options for finding affordable audiobooks, ranging from subscription services to free resources. **Audible** offers a vast library but comes with subscription costs ($7.95-$14.95/month). **Audiobooks.com** provides a large selection and free VIP books with a $14.95 monthly subscription. **Scribd** boasts “unlimited” listening for $11.99, though access to popular titles may be limited. **

August 19, 2025 Off

Reclaiming Your Vacation Savings: 5 Ways to Bounce Back

By The Admiral Staff

The article offers five ways to recover financially after overspending on vacation. These include earning quick cash through online surveys, tasks, or games (potentially earning up to $1,000/month), utilizing a “pantry challenge” to reduce grocery expenses, selling unwanted clothes, implementing a “no-spend” period, and automating savings through apps or automatic transfers. Finally, it suggests creating and sticking to a budget, potentially using the cash envelope system, to regain control of finances.

August 17, 2025 Off

Beyond Glass: 10 Unexpected Ways to Use Windex

By The Admiral Staff

Beyond glass cleaning, Windex has a surprising range of uses. It can help move heavy furniture by reducing friction, clean carpets and upholstery, repel insects, and clean car interiors. It’s also effective for washing makeup brushes, de-greasing kitchen surfaces, disinfecting doorknobs, removing clothing stains (avoiding delicate silks), and cleaning patio furniture and outdoor surfaces. Different Windex formulas are recommended for specific tasks, with clear Windex generally preferred for fabrics and ammonia-free versions for

August 16, 2025 Off

Renting Revolution: Why Borrowing is the New Buying

By The Admiral Staff

The article explores the growing trend of renting items instead of buying them, driven by factors like cost savings, reducing clutter, and accessing items used infrequently. It highlights a wide range of rentable goods, from practical items like coffins, baby gear, and power tools to luxury goods like designer dresses, handbags, and musical instruments. Several companies, including Rent the Runway, Nuuly, BabyQuip, and FriendWithA.com, are facilitating this shift, offering flexible rental periods and diverse options for

August 13, 2025 Off

The CVS Savings Hustle: Turning Drugstore Trips into Thrills

By The Admiral Staff

This article details a strategy for maximizing savings at CVS by leveraging their ExtraCare Rewards program and sales. Key tactics include avoiding shopping when desperate, being flexible with brands, strategically using ExtraCare Bucks (ECBs), scanning your card before and after purchases to receive coupons and 2% back, registering for additional ECB offers (like the Beauty Club and Pharmacy Rewards), adding your email for extra coupons, and sticking to a pre-planned shopping list to avoid impulse buys. The author achieved a 97