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Coupons Make You Buy Things You Normally Wouldn’t

Recently, I’ve spotted articles all over the blogosphere and in the news about how coupons cause you to spend money on things you wouldn’t normally buy, or in places you wouldn’t normally shop. So, I stopped to think about that today, since I use a LOT of coupons. My pantry and freezer are completely full [...]

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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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Birthday Parties and Snowflakes

This has been an interesting weekend. YL15 finally turned 15 on Saturday. We had an Anime Sleepover Party for her. Half a dozenish of her friends showed up, some with their Anime DVDs, bearing gifts and hugs and sleeping bags. There was sushi, Yu Gi Oh matches, Anime movies, pillow fights, lots of Rock Band, [...]

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Giving Until It Hurts

While prepping a guest post earlier in the week, something was niggling at the back of my mind. The post was about helping my brother financially, even when he was making bad decisions. I couldn’t shake the feeling that there was more to the story. Just a bit ago, it hit me. Mark and I [...]

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Snowflaking, sort of

I’ve probably said it too many times, but Mark and I aren’t the most frugal of people. We are doing better, and every step in the right direction counts in the end. But we still have a long long way to go. I’ve begun a little experiment. No matter what our other spending habits, whenever [...]

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