Monthly Archive for: ‘October, 2008’
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Frugal vs Fabulous: Houndstooth Dress
In my quest to reinvent my sense of personal style to a more demure version of my younger self, I’ve taken a liking to the houndstooth print. I’ve always liked it but never got anything more than a skirt that Ive had for over 6 [...]
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Hard Times: What Wouldn’t You Give Up to Save Money?
We’re constantly inundated with the news of people losing their homes, not being able to make ends meet and being stripped down to one or no income at all. What if this happened to you? How would you make ends meet? Most of us are [...]
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Sex and the Recession: Coping During Tough Times
Scott Heiferman, the CEO of Meetup (love him BTW!) sends out this email to all the meetup organizers today asking us to give people reasons to utilize meetups in order to save money. Because of recent changes in the economy, people are looking not only [...]
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This Blog, My Articles and Your Rights As Readers Part II
photo credit: Rich Anderson Understand that I am unlike most blog authors out there in that I have an opinion and refuse to be censored. I typically stay out of reader disagreements but when you get inflammatory so as to try to bait others into [...]
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Reader Mail: Will Children From Previous Marriage Inherit Joint Property With Current Spouse?
Hey Ginger, I’m getting married in April of 2009 and have some concerns as this will be my second marriage making this a blended family. I along with my fiance have children from previous marriages/relationships and I am concerned about whether or not my children [...]
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The Frugal Duchess: How I Wrote A Book In One Summer
The Frugal Duchess, Sharon Harvey Rosenberg, is currently on a book tour and today she stopped by to tell us how she wrote her book in one summer. Sharon writes for the Miami Herald on various personal finance topics, especially frugality and also writes for [...]
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Maryland: Are You Owed An IRS Stimulus Check?
Here’s a searchable list of Maryland names who are owed stimulus check or tax refund: From the Baltimore Sun: “the IRS is holding more than 4,200 stimulus checks and more than 1,500 tax refunds belonging to Marylanders. The U.S. Postal Service was unable to deliver them because [...]
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Working Outside Of The Home vs. Childcare Costs
photo credit: Thomas Rockstar Would you work outside of your home if your childcare costs you $3000 a month? Tawnya, a reader, just submitted the following comment about Stay At Home Wives Being The New Status Symbol: Women are generally super-critical of our own sex. [...]
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Is There Equity and Partnership As A Stay At Home Wife?
If you’ve been following our featured post, Stay At Home Wives: The New Status Symbol?, then you know that we’ve been having a rather passionate discussion around what exactly a Stay At Home Wife really means for a woman. To clarify: A Stay At Home [...]
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Jingle Mail Revisted: Possible Bank Recourse And Borrower Consequences
There’s been heavy talk recently around “walking away from foreclosures” and the devastating effect it’s having on banks and homeowners. Jingle mail occurs when the borrower drops the keys in the mail and sends them back to the bank as final step in walking away [...]
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Recession Blues? What Color Is Your Parachute? (Plus: 6 Steps)
photo credit: divemasterking2000 Even though we’re experiencing some of the toughest economic times in history, there are still thousands of opportunities out there. The key is your perspective and how you approach the current job market. Do you know what you really want from your [...]
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Blog Action Day: Women and Poverty in 2008 (Plus: How You Can Take Action)
photo credit: Franco Folini Girls Just Wanna Have Funds is participating in Blog Action Day which is today October 15, 2008. Our collective topic this year is Poverty. Being that this site is geared towards women and personal finance, I thought it fitting to discuss [...]
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Recessionista Tip: Plan Weekly Menu Around Supermarket Sales
I don’t have to tell you that food prices have been on the rise right? I’d be preaching to the choir so rather than go into a long diatribe about my grocery bill, I thought it best to discuss how to plan your menu around [...]
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Carnival of Personal Finance – 173rd Edition
(October 13: I had to do a backup but lost everything after October 4 so this is a Google cache of the page that I was able to recover. If you commented previously, my apologies but please comment again or feel free to reload the [...]
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