{"id":14194,"date":"2014-12-29T15:23:36","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T19:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/?p=14194"},"modified":"2014-12-29T15:23:36","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T19:23:36","slug":"money-saving-monday-december-29","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/frugal-articles\/money-saving-monday-december-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Money Saving Monday: December 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Money-roll.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13159\" alt=\"Money roll\" src=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Money-roll-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Money-roll-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Money-roll.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season. 2015 is quickly approaching, the traditional time to buckle down, tighten the belt \u2013 you choose the saying, but either way most people want to save money at the New Year. Make sure your resolution lasts longer than January 2<sup>nd<\/sup> with these tips and advice from financial experts:<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a resource to bookmark: Yahoo Finance has a huge list of <a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/50-ways-improve-finances-2015-193044136.html\">ways to improve your finances in 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Preparing your New Year\u2019s resolutions? Daily Finance has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyfinance.com\/2014\/12\/29\/painless-budgeting\/\">painless way to budget and protect your future<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Consumer Reports offers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/cro\/news\/2014\/12\/5-simple-rules-for-happy-holiday-gift-returns\/index.htm\">5 simple rules for happy holiday gift returns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/money.usnews.com\/money\/personal-finance\/articles\/2014\/12\/22\/how-to-throw-a-new-years-party-for-under-100\">Throw a New Year\u2019s party for under $100<\/a> with these tips from US News Money.<\/p>\n<p>If you received a gift card recently that you\u2019re not crazy about, here\u2019s a guide from CNN on <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2014\/12\/24\/pf\/gift-card-sell-cash\/index.html?section=money_pf&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fmoney_pf+%28Personal+Finance%29\">returning unwanted gift cards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxbrackets.org\/images-of-money\/\" target=\"_blank\">Image credited to TaxBrackets.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/frugal-articles\/money-saving-monday-december-29\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"excerptimage alignleft wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>We hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season. 2015 is quickly approaching, the traditional time to buckle down, tighten the belt \u2013 you choose the saying, but either way most ... <a title=\"Money Saving Monday: December 29\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/frugal-articles\/money-saving-monday-december-29\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Money Saving Monday: December 29<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[262,2060,2342,1263,2343,2056],"class_list":["post-14194","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-frugal-articles","tag-budget","tag-money-saving-monday","tag-new-year","tag-personal-finance","tag-resolutions","tag-save-money"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}