Recently we posted about our upcoming site re-launch. We've been working super hard and are really excited about the new design and functionality. No doubt some of you are dubious about it--after all, "new and improved" is a staple marketing tactic.

You won't have much longer to wait until the new Savings.com is unveiled, but until then let's take a look at some examples of when "new and improved" wasn't vs. when it actually lived up to the hype:

Turns out I should have paid more attention to how-to guide at Consumerist about expiration dates. I bought a "new" toothbrush at Bed, Bath and Beyond over the weekend, only to get home and find it marked with an expiration date of 1/07/2008.

What? Toothbrushes EXPIRE? Before they're even used?

I came across an article on MainStreet with ideas for unusual ways to earn money, including tattooing a company logo on your body or the less permanent billboarding of auto wraps. Added to a recent post on WalletPop about ball hawking and this CNBC story about an $80k job opening for a witch, it got me to thinking about some of the more offbeat ways I've made ends meet over the years...

This past week, a big group of us from Savings.com headed to New York City on a couple of different missions. One team attended the LinkShare Symposium East, which Tom talked about in his post a couple weeks ago. I was part of a second team that was in the city to meet with some great people who are interested in getting the word out about our company. Loren and I met with people from all sorts of publications, and they all seemed stoked to hear about Savings.com, the great things we're doing and the exciting things we're working on.

Bargainist recently had a great post about bad habits sucking your wallet dry. It got me thinking about some of the things we all do that sabotage our efforts to spend money wisely, live within our budgets or save for the future. And so I compiled a list of Seven Deadly Savings Sins...

Which one is your Achilles heel when it comes to money?

Last week I explored where people drew the line when it came to economizing. My co-workers answers were illuminating, but they got me to wondering about the flip side of the coin: What won't you pay extra for?

Here's what my fellow deal aficionados had to say about that:

As we continue to work towards bringing you the best deals and coupons, money-saving tips and advice and news you can use regarding personal finance, we wanted to give you a heads up on some regular features we'll be adding to the blog:

Over at the Huffington Post, Lisa Earle McLeod writes that fiscal prudence might be the new "cool".

If that's the case, we have cause to feel pretty good about what we're doing here at Savings.com. After all, we think that there's nothing cooler than scoring a great deal!

We'd like to know what you think: in these tough economic times, has saving become the new "black?"

Recently we wrote about the fact that Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend and, in honor of Proposal Day, we compiled a list of our best ICE.com coupons, Ultra Diamond coupons and coupons for Zale.

But have we missed the mark? Are diamonds passe´?