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Weekly Round Up – April 8th

Happy Holiday! I hope all of you celebrating have a great time with your families today! Read Check out this book that is getting a lot of buzz Positive Intelligence, helps you to achieve your true potential. Freebies Monday 4/9/12 is the last day to enter to win coupons for free Stonyfield Coupons, easy to [...]

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5 Tips to Keep your ID Safe Online

With tax time just around the corner it’s not only a good time to do a little financial spring cleanup, but it’s also a great time to take some precautions to avoid identity theft. ID theft results in billions of dollars lost each year, and tax time identity theft is riskier than ever. ID thieves [...]

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Weekly Deals Round Up – March 25th

Here are our favorite deals from this week. Giveaway Monday 3/26/12 is the last day to enter for our $25 Bottom Dollar Food gift card. There will be another great giveaway coming soon! Shopping Savings! Amazing Sale on Toddler Shoes on Totsy Save Big- 25% off at Banana Republic, Gap, or Old Navy. Save [...]

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Does Your New Job Cost You Money?

So you’ve gotten a new job offer. That’s pretty exciting, especially in today’s tough market. But is the job offer really a good job offer or could the new job actually end up costing you and your family money in the long run? How do you know? Here are a few financial considerations to make [...]

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Women and Money: Family Budgets

Women today are more than ever taking a larger role when it comes to the management of their family’s finances. It’s a natural place for them to be as often times they tend to be the ones doing the bulk of the shopping, taking care of the kid’s needs, and managing the entire family’s time [...]

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First comes love, then comes Money

We all remember that old childhood rhyme. {please excuse my ‘art’} Pin It Then we’re supposed to live happily ever after, right? Maybe if Prince Charming has an endless supply of money, and no problem sharing, but in real life love and money mixing can cause lots of issues. Once you start sharing your life with [...]

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Starting a Business: My Story

In 2009 when I started my blog I thought someday I might be able to build my love of writing into a career. Someday came much sooner than I expected, and now in my fourth year of blogging I can say I have a bonafide business that I grew from my own hard work. Whether [...]

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March – Best Time to Buy

Everyone who has ever tried to make the most of their money knows that in order to get the best bargains on certain goods, timing is everything. So in order to help the readers of The Centsible Life get their bargain timing down to perfect, I have created a “Best Time to Buy” list for [...]

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ID theft and Kids

ID theft is a very serious matter and according to recent statistics child identity theft is on the rise. It’s frightening to think that your kids could start off their lives with terrible credit because someone stole their identity, but it happens more often than you think. I’ve personally had my debit card stolen and [...]

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Money and Budgets – Can Kids Manage Them?

Back in the Day: When Money Meant Not Having to Eat at Kid Friendly Restaurants Way, way, way back in the day when Princess Di’s poofy-sleeved wedding dress was still in style and money or budgeting or kids meant little to me I got engaged. And as all proper engaged girls do I got every [...]