Have you started your holiday shopping yet? Ah, the holiday displays and "Silver Bells" playing over the sound system--not to mention parking hassles, crushing crowds and fist fights over the last Tickle-Me-Elmo...

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Although the Christmas creep has been causing an ongoing battle between Jack Frost and Jack-o-Lanterns, the traditional start of the holiday shopping season has been the day after Thanksgiving, aka "Black Friday." But according to an article on Mainstreet, Black Friday has morphed into "Black November".

When it comes to saving money, there are a number of techniques one can employ. Some people claim less deductions than they are entitled to in order to get a windfall come tax season. Others collect spare change in penny jars. Others squirrel away their money in their mattress (and given the alarming rate of bank failures this year, one can hardly blame them!). Some strategies are more effective than others if you're truly serious about bolstering your bank account.

Here's a look at the pros and cons some techniques that are certainly a better bet than stashing your cash in a Posture-pedic:

Annie recently posted about the happenings at Fashion Week and it occurred to me that no matter what length hemlines are, or if pink, navy or brown is the new "black," saving never goes out of style.

Many of us express our personalities through the clothes we wear, music we listen to or things we buy. But our shopping habits can also provide insight as to our saving style. I've narrowed it down to four categories. Which defines your style?

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.