One of my favorite memories growing up is of one of my aunts getting a new vacuum cleaner and her husband joking, “She likes it so much she takes it down to the mailbox when she checks the mail.” As ...

Laura Leavitt is a personal finance and wellness writer for CNET. Her work has been published at NextAdvisor, Bankrate, The Simple Dollar, MoneyGeek, Business Insider and more. Buying a vacuum cleaner ...