10 time saver and money saver sites I use to get a little extra mileage out of my budget.

My criteria:  I don’t lay out my credit card number unless I know the site’s legit.

Mint - Free money tracking website.  This does circles around costly finance software such as Quicken and MSN Money.

• Pros- It’s endorsed by some pretty heavy hitters, like Time, The Wall Street Journal, and The Motley Fool.
• Cons- your inputting all of your personal data onto the web.  Security is totally trustworthy, I’m assured.  Still makes me a little nervous.

Dealighted - This site’s a little bit like going fishing.  Deals are posted by other shoppers. You search, and see what you catch.  Right now, the site owners are paying $1 per post up to $300 per month.  Here’s the scoop:

 ”Beginning in September, we’re testing out a new promotion where you can earn up to $300 cash each month for your deal posting efforts, paid via Paypal. Here’s the scoop:
Post deals to Dealighted.com’s forum. Once you post a minimum of 25 deals that month (the counter resets at 12:01 am on the first day of each month), you will receive $25 for those 25 deal posts, and then $1 for each additional deal post above 25. “

Check out this link for additional - but very reasonable - rules.

Coupon Winner - This site’s loaded with promotion codes and printable coupons from over 2000 popular merchants.  A winner.

Buzzillions  - When I last checked, this site had over 3 million user reviews from people like us.  Weed out the lemons when purchasing electronics, toys, baby products, green products, and much more.

Freeshipping  - Just like the name says, free shipping promotion codes to over 800 popular stores.  Always up to date.

Hey It’s Free  - Free stuff.  Now that’s cheap!  This fun site boasts:

“Real 100% no joke freebies…you’ll never need a credit card…Are they always the best products in the world? Well, as our freebie reviews have shown time and time again, not quite. But that still doesn’t mean there aren’t some awesome freebies out there.”

Shop It To ME  - is like having your own personal shopper.  Set up search criteria, and Shop It To Me races around the web for you searching thousands of websites for bargains.  Once a week you’ll get a summarized report of what they find.

Restaurant.com - A nationwide restaurant coupon site that’s currently offering $25 gift certificates for $10.  Enter your zip code and you’ll get a list of your local restaurants currently offering promotions.

 Bargain Book Closeouts - great deals on overstocks and slightly damaged books.  An on-line bargain book rack.

For the UK

Promotional Codes - Kathryn and Captain Frugal offer up some on-line discount codes and a hilarious blog with some very creative money saving ideas.  They also have a link to their Frugal News - a regularly updated collection of frugal articles from “the best money saving blogs around the web!”

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