I was confronted with an interesting situation when I went to pay my T-mobile bill online the other day: either I "go green" with their paperless billing, or pay $1.50 for privilege of receiving a paper bill each month. The choice was a no-brainer.

I "chose" to go green...

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?

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?"

Let's face it: with the exception of your friendly neighborhood CPA, tax season doesn't inspire warm, fuzzy feelings. But we muddle through that mountain of receipts to get to our own personal pot of gold at the end of the rainbow: a nice, juicy refund check!

For some the "forced savings" will finance a much-needed vacation; others might splurge on luxury items like jewelry or a plasma TV. But with many of us suffering through tough economic times, this year that money is more likely to be used for paying debts, mortgages or rent.