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New Year’s Financial Resolutions

January 6, 2010

During my giveaway for David Bach’s book I asked everyone to enter by telling me what your top financial resolution is for the year. I loved the responses so much, and wanted to share them with you. Save more My advice: If you are trying to save a certain amount or percentage have it automatically deducted [...]

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holiday shopping guide: the shopping list

November 13, 2009

photo credit: daveynin The first step to successful holiday shopping is to make a list, and don’t forget to check it twice. Start with the names of all the people you will be buying gifts for. Don’t forget to include people who provide you service on a regular basis, like the babysitter, your assistant, or [...]

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FFANY shoes on sale to benefit Breast Cancer Research

October 13, 2009

FFANY shoes on sale, is on QVC tonight! From 7:00-10:00pm TONIGHT you can get fantastic deals on designer footwear and support breast cancer research! If you are in the NYC area you can still get tickets to tonight’s event! Check the website for details. For more on the FFANY Shoes On Sale event, look here. [...]

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restaurant savings: coupons, books and sites to save your bread

October 5, 2009

photo credit: Klearchos Kapoutsis Despite tough economic times, most people still eat in restaurants on a weekly basis. Busy lifestyles, dual income families, and our car dependent lifestyle have made dining out way of life for many people. We all know restaurant food isn’t great for our waistline, but what about our wallets? Most diners [...]

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spending to save

May 28, 2009

photo credit: Tracy O You often hear personal finance bloggers (even me), financial experts, and the media talking about cutting expenses in rough economic times. Yes, it’s true that cutting expenses is an effective way to “earn” more money, but that’s only half the story. Sometimes it makes sense to spend money to save money. [...]

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i quit my job

April 28, 2009

Last night I quit one of my part-time jobs.

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Target scams (aka “marketing”)

April 23, 2009

The moral of the story is to always know your prices, and remember that just because it’s marked as a sale item at your grocery store, Target, orWalmart (or wherever) doesn’t mean it is actually cheaper!

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Why use a credit card?

April 18, 2009

Despite the fact that we are still digging our way out of debt (we’re down 17%!), we recently started using  a credit card for our everyday purchases. photo credit: Andres Rueda I’ve always been a big believer in using my debit card AS a credit card. Especially since our bank charges a $1 fee after [...]

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What would you do with a $1,000,000?

April 17, 2009

photo credit: khrawlings FiveCentNickel asked his followers on twitter, “What would you do with a major windfall? For the sake of argument, let’s say that someone dropped a million bucks in your lap. Would you pay down debt? Buy something nice? Save or invest it?” There are tons of responses over at FCN, but most [...]

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confessions of a shopaholic

February 18, 2009

I went to Confessions on Friday evening, a rare treat, right before the flu hit me hard. The movie was really entertaining, and I have a new love for Isla Fisher. She lights up the screen. I definitely think it’s worth a rental when it comes on DVD, it’s probably not one you have to [...]

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