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On Food Stamps And Still Hungry @ $280 A Month
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Would you believe that in this day and age where we have coupons, food banks and discount supermarkets like Shoppers, people are still complaining about not being able to make it on $280 a month using food stamps for a family of two? The CNN Money Article-On Food [...]
Stretching Your Food Budget During Hard Times
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This is a guest post by Melissa at Master Your Card where she blogs about how to use credit cards wisely. Check out her great credit card blog and subscribe here!
Tough times are all around us. It seems that the price of everything is always going up and, unfortunately, our [...]
Managing Chaos And Working My Way Back
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I’m here in our hotel room trying to beat the clock as my final is due at 12am but with so much on my mind, blogging has helped me get thoughts down that otherwise just take up space so bear with me. I have a break and with that comes a [...]
Taking a Weekend Break
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I will be taking a break from blogging until Monday. My father in law had a stroke last night and my husband and I are headed north to see him in the hospital and discuss the next step with his doctors as it is becoming likely that he will be moving in [...]
Women, Men & Money: How Are We Different?
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This is a guest post by JB. He is 23 years old and writes at Get Rich or Die Trying where he blogs about the struggles of everyday financial life and his dreams of becoming rich along with how he plans to do it.
I am getting married in less than a [...]
Rethinking the Cost Benefit Analysis of a Hybrid
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Mom at Wide Open Wallet posted a response to my article, Top 5 Hybrid SUVs Ranked by MPG which resulted in my testing of our car’s MPG. The results? Our car, the beater that it is gets on average 26-27 mpg which is pretty awesome considering that most newer cars [...]
The 149th Carnival Of Personal Finance Is Live
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Check out the 149th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance which went live this morning. Frank, did an awesome job of organizing and hosting this edition, love the theme and the pictures.
All the articles were good, but the following articles resonated with me:
MomAdvice presents This American’s Dream [...]
Last Minute Taxes? H&R Block Has The Answer
Waiting until the last minute to file your taxes does not mean that you have to shell out a lot of money.
In fact, H&R Block is offering TaxCut Basic for the low, low price of FREE. Start here Need some tips? Check out over 35 personal finance podcasts from H&R Block on issues [...]
Tips and Ideas for a Cheap Girlfriends Getaway Weekend
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I am in the midst of planning a couples getaway for a few girlfriends and our significant others, I’ll share what we’ve come across so far. Given rising gas costs and air fares I thought it important that we consider all options. First, Ive been rereading this post on [...]
Ginger’s Friday Roundup: Favorite Personal Finance Posts of the Week
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Spring time is upon us and that meant really great weather here in DC this week. Sadly, for me this meant being shackled down in the library and the home office trying to meet several deadlines for my classes. Never fear though, my personal finance blogger counterparts were hard [...]
