How to save money ... really

 
BY MARY HUNT
Published: January 2, 2012

Saving money is a curious term with two meanings: 1) to spend less, as in, "buy things on sale to save money," and 2) to physically place money where it is safe from being spent.

It's easy to trick yourself into thinking that 1) and 2) are the same. They are not, unless of course you stop by the bank to deposit the difference between what you would have spent had the item not been on sale into your savings account.


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