Making a budget, checking it twice (Tulsa World)
Is your money really going where you want it? Why live on a budget? "Five dollars a day on Starbucks isn't going to kill you" ($1,825 per year). "Eating out twice a week with the wife and kids isn't going to, either" ($7,280 per year).

Get a grip on savings: 101 ways to boost penny-pinching ways (Tri-City Herald)
Food is expensive, job security is getting iffy and winter's big heating bills are coming.

LIVE CHAT: Learning more about credit cards (WABC-TV New York)
Submit questions you have about credit cards for a live chat during Eyewitness News @ 5 p.m.

Painless ways to save $826.05 (Philadelphia Daily News)
Shop around for new insurance quotesAnnual savings: $175Consumer Reports ran the numbers in an article this summer and found that the average person can save about $175 by calling around for new bids on auto and life insurance policies. CR reporter Jeff Blyskal says it’s one of the best ways there is to pare household expenses.

Smart Year End Tax Moves (Kiplinger Magazine via Yahoo! Finance)
Cutting your tax bill by selling your losers could sweeten an otherwise sour year for investments.