June 2008

A Guy’s Guide to Saving and Survival (Guest Post)

This is a guest post from my friend Parish. He isn’t a blogger, but gives me lots of good advice. Allow me to share some of that with you. Whether you’re a guy in school, a bachelor living ‘La Vida Loca’, a family man or anything in between – saving is something we probably think [...]

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The Payday Loan Trap

One of my first lessons in “What Not To Do” with money was actually one of the few lessons that I didn’t learn by trial and error.  I used to work at a Payday Loan call center.  While I have seen a few people who have utilized the service for its intended purpose, the vast [...]

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New Home – And 100th Post!

In honor of my new Home on the web, and my milestone of 100 posts, I thought I’d re-introduce myself to the world.  First off, I used to post at http://3princessesmomma.blogspot.com and it has served me well since January.  But, I’ve outgrown the space and capabilities of Blogger’s platform.  (Bring on the threaded comments!) Welcome [...]

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This Week’s Shopping Results

This week’s shopping trip has been disappointing so far.  We’re going to go over budget, but that’s more than offset by the significant savings we’ve seen over the last couple of months.  Here are this week’s results: Aldi (will update after I go tonight) *Regular Price: $ *Total Paid: $ *Total Saved: $ *%Saved: % [...]

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Small Victories – Children and Money

As I discussed last week, YM10 spends most of his time in a different spending environment than the rest of our children. This has presented some serious challenges to the way he relates to money when he’s with us. Since it’s finally our two weeks with him (the first time we’ve ever had my girls [...]

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