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Beginning with a brief history of Armed Forces Day including when it began and when it occurs, the article touches on businesses that offer our great military men and women discounts. The businesses include Autozone, Applebee's, Foot Locker & Finish Line, as well as Disney World and Disneyland.

One of my favorite beauty products is a good sugar scrub to use in the shower. Sugar scrubs exfoliate dry skin, leaving mine glowing, moisturized, and smelling great. However, a good sugar scrub can cost $15 to $20 for 8 ounces at my favorite bath and body care stores. That’s a lot of money! So, I decide to see if I could make my own for less and still get the same great benefits.

What do you do if you’ve got a stack of expired coupons and you’ve got a few coupons left in your inserts that you probably won’t end up using either. Rather than toss them into the recycling bin, here are a few options.

Today's guest blogger has been one of our appreciated FatWallet Twitter retweeters, sharing our deals with her audience for a long, long time. To thank her for her faithful help in spreading the FatWallet message, I connected with her by email. Once I heard her FatWallet story I was blown away...

FatWallet is proud to bring you another giveaway from one of our amazing merchants! CelebrateExpress.com is generously giving away a $100 one time use coupon code for each of our 3 super lucky winners! Plus they're offering FatWallet members a $20 off $100 coupon code to help you plan your Graduation, birthday, and other summer parties! Come check it out here and enter on Facebook!

Bank statements. Electric bills. Receipts. Tax returns. Your own personal financial paper trail. Do you ever struggle over deciding what to keep, what to throw away, and what to scan-and-shred. So why not keep all of your financial documentation on your computer or in the cloud? For most documents, you can. But there are a few important pieces of paper that should remain in paper form. Here’s a breakdown of paper versus PDF.

Everyone wants their children to be responsible with money when they grow up, but few do anything to help them gain these skills when they are young. When a child leaves home, they are often bombarded with important financial decisions. Getting into debt early on can make life incredibly difficult for your child, while making responsible choices early can set them up for a successful financial future. There are steps that you can take to help your child be prepared for these situations.

Happy Nurses Day! National Nurses Week is observed each year in honor of the dedicated registered nurses (RN) of America. In emergency rooms, hospitals, clinics and other health-care settings, nurses provide compassionate care for patients and their families.

Guest blog by Carley Knobloch, a personal tech expert, and mom of two! Mother’s Day is fast approaching! If you slacked on finding the perfect gift for mom, I’ve got some last-minute tech gifts to keep her connected and make her life easier (because isn’t that least you can do for mom?). Here are my favorites... and mom doesn’t even have to be tech-savvy to use them.

When the Internet was gaining steam some fifteen years ago, I was one of the people who held back. I didn’t see the point in wasting time staring at a screen and hoping to find some new conclusions or secrets that weren’t available anywhere else. Time has certainly changed my ...