Money

How do I get a pay day loan to stop debiting my checking account?

Once upon a time, quite some time ago, I was an employee for a payday lending call center.  I started out on the phones and worked my way up to being the compliance officer and trainer.  Later, I was hired by another payday lender to launch and manage their new call centers.  To say I [...]

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29 FREE eBooks ~ Immeasurable Value

I have been organizing my computer files this morning, and found an entire directory of great ebooks I’ve downloaded. I love learning and picking apart the lessons of other people, in order to put them to use for myself and my family. (To my sisters: See, I’m not so smart. I just know what to [...]

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Dragon*Con Weekend 2009! – Cheapskate Con Tips

Last year, I shared that Mark and I LOVE to attend Science Fiction conventions.  However, any of you that attend fan type conventions know that it gets REALLY expensive REALLY fast.  While we aren’t Old Hat at this yet, this is our 5th convention (But FIRST Dragon*Con!!!) and we’ve learned about Convention Going on the [...]

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Cheap Girls Getaway

A few months ago, my girlfriends and I decided that we needed to get away for a Girls Only Weekend.  Of course, finances being tight for all of us, we couldn’t just run out and book one of those Girlfriends Getaway packages that are all over the ‘net these days. Where We Stayed: One of my [...]

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I Wish I’d Known Then… Top 10 List

I was just reading an article on Forbes, titled What I’ve Learned: Once a broke student, now a CEO and it made me wonder.  What do I wish I’d known about money at 18, that I know now? There are SO many things!  Here’s my Top 10 List: Magic: The Gathering cards are NOT a [...]

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