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Be Part of Something Big: Join the Debt Movement
When I was in debt I was always looking to talk to people who had been in my shoes and knew what it was like to be on a tight budget, forgo luxuries and not be able to save. Looking for a little help...
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Share The Wealth: Holiday Regrets?
What do you do to make life on a budget more enjoyable, easier, and just plain better? How do you manage fun and your money at the same time? Enter our monthly Share the Wealth contest, and tell us...
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Medical Emergency Strikes...Are You Prepared?
My husband is sick. It happened all of a sudden. He didn't feel good. We thought he had the flu. He had some shortness of breath. We thought it was altitude change from a recent vacation. He was...
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The Biggest Pitfall to Tracking Your Expenses
There's a white elephant in the room; a dirty secret that most of us who track our expenses have faced...or run away from. It derails all budgets and makes setting achievable goals almost impossible....
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New Year, New Budgets…Two of Them Actually
Well, it's about that time again. Every January I sit down and figure out where I am financially, where I was, where I am supposed to be, and where I need to be. So, the process of budgeting for the...
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Brush Your Teeth, Pay A Bill...In That Order
Controlling your money takes daily action. If you want to control your money you have to pay attention to what it's doing every day. Every. Single. Day.There are a lot of things we do everyday in...
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Don’t Agonize. Organize.
I feel like I'm constantly getting bills of some sort in my mailbox (or my inbox), never mind the auto payments I have set up that I routinely forget about. I stopped using my credit cards a while...
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With Valentine's Day just around the corner, what is your favorite,...
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What Does Monopoly have to do With Budgeting?
For those of you looking for some cheap fun, try a board game party. My husband and I get together once a month with a group of friends for a board game party. There are six couples and we take turns...
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Sick of Talking About Money!
"It's Sunday, and I'd like to have our budget discussion to make sure we're still on track," Vonnie said, as she emptied the dishwasher. "So, when you are ready to take a break, can we talk about...
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Can You Picture Your Spending?
A few weeks ago, a reader left a fantastic idea as a comment on one of my posts. The post discussed the importance of tracking spending, and mentioned how hard it was sometimes to remember how we've...
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What Does Financial Success Mean to You?
On paydays I used to sit at my desk with the stack of due bills on my left, and the checkbook and a pile of credit cards in front of me. I would write checks for some bills, and pay others with...
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Success by Budgeting Two Ways
It took a lot of trial an error to find a budgeting system that worked for my wife and me. There may have even been an argument or two along the way. It wasn't hard to tell when a method wasn't...
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Working Together to Find Budget Mistakes
It's taken my wife and I a long time to find a budgeting system that works for us. Over the years we've tried countless methods and failed, finding they just didn't mesh well with our lives, or how...
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What's Different Since We've Completed Our Debt Consolidation Program
OK fellow debt relief plan customers, how many times have you uttered the phrase, "When we're finally done with our program, things will be different because I'll finally be able to...." fill in the...
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Are Bad Money Habits Ruining Your Financial Wellbeing?
BUDGET:1. An estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future. 2. A plan of operations based on such an estimate. 3. An itemized allotment of funds,...
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My Master Plan to Use Credit Cards Responsibly
With our recent Costco membership renewal, my wife and I applied for, and were granted an American Express card. The reason we got the card was to save money, as we get cash back rewards for purchases...
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Dining Out Doesn't Have to be a Budget Buster
Dining out is one of the great pleasures of my life, but with today's economy every one is tightening their belts - especially retirees. My husband and I enjoy a date night once a month. One of our...
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Just Curious...What Things Will/Won't You Splurge on
Most everyone has a few things they just plain like and will spend more to get. Sometimes by buying "better" it's more frugal, yes, but sometimes it's a case of "I like this brand so much better I'll...
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Three Steps to Keep From Being Overcharged for a Flu Shot
It was an activity that was supposed to save us time, but it almost ended up costing us money. With cooler weather and colorful trees it's quite evident that its fall, which means it's also time to...
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