Lion's share of a family's budget goes towards groceries. Though some adjustments in grocery spending can be made, it still remains an item of heavy expenditure. However, if you are careful and follow the following tips, you will be able to curtail your spending on groceries.

If you are already thrifty, some of the tips may be quite known to you. I am sure there will be others who have no idea how to control spending on groceries. These tips are for them.

Read- 20 Everyday Money Saving Tips

1) Check prices before buying things. One mistake people generally make is to buy whatever they see first. Look for cheaper products and compare the prices with other shops. High prices do not mean that the goods are of very high quality. Don't be ashamed of asking prices and bargaining. The items you see easily are normally the ones that cost more.

2) Some shops advertise sale of special items to attract customers. When the customers go the shops, there will be no specials to be

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Get your free credit reportThe advice from financial gurus is to check your credit report regularly to be sure there are no inaccuracies and that the only lines of credit in your name are ones that you've taken out (i.e., that your identity hasn't been stolen). Still, even if you're pretty sure nothing will be amiss, actually requesting a report is a scary proposition. Here are some facts I learned when I checked mine for the first time that can reduce the fear factor:

Access your report through the site that's actually free: annualcreditreport.com. It's a joint venture from the three credit-reporting agencies (Equifax, Experian, and Transunon), which are each required by law to provide you free access to your credit file once per calendar year. You can also call 877-322-8228, and there's even a snailmail option - but if you've worked up the nerve, why prolong the process?

Related: 7 Ways to Get a Better Credit Score

Know what kind of information you'll find on the document. The three bureaus

Summer resolutions - don't they seem as though they're made to be broken?

It's a discouraging thought, but what if you were able to buck that trend in 2007? To increase your chances for success, here are a whole bunch of money-related resolutions that most of us can't afford to break.
If you follow through on just one or two of these, you'll unavoidably improve your bottom line in the summer time.

Read- Top Eight Things That Are Killing Your Budget

1. Slash the incidentals. Carefully read through one of your credit-card statements, staying on the lookout for ongoing monthly fees that you may have utterly forgotten about. Cancel any club memberships you don't use and magazine subscriptions you don't read. And if necessary, resolve to stop spending hard-earned money on lottery tickets.

2. Pay yourself first. This is a good time for an honest self-analysis: What have your saving habits been like in the past year? If it seems like all the money you make falls

I think I was 23 when I read it for the first time: Glamour's now-infamous "30 Things Every Woman Should Have and Should Know by the Time She's 30."

Well, this is excellent, I thought. With seven years to go, I already had things like "one friend who always makes you laugh and one who lets you cry" and knowledge of "the names of the secretary of state, your great-grandmothers, and the best tailor in town."

And I had plenty of time to work toward the rest. And with my head start, I could focus my energy on my own list of "30 before 30" goals-which included publishing a best-seller and traveling to a good 75% of the world's countries. Obviously.

A few weeks ago, with my 30th birthday quickly approaching, I read that list again. And I panicked. How do I feel about having kids? I don't even know how I feel about having houseplants! I'm supposed to have a cordless drill? The only tools I have to my name are a hammer and that metal thing used to put together IKEA furniture!

But of

By Scott Cohn, CNBC.com

Top States for Quality of Life

The best places to do business are also the best places to live. At least that's how many states market themselves to the public. CNBC's Top States for Business study found quality of life is among the most frequently mentioned selling points in state economic development campaigns. That's why quality of life is one of the most important categories in our study of America's Top States for Business, worth 350 out of 2,500 possible points.



Sure, quality of life is in the eye of the beholder. Some people would rather live in the city; others prefer the country. Some love sunshine year round, others like four seasons. But there are plenty of objective measures most of us can agree on when it comes to a quality place to live.

We scored the states on several factors, including local attractions, the crime rate, as well as air and water quality and pollution. We looked at access to recreational areas. And we