© spierzchala This post over at The Weight of Money struck a chord with me, especially this line: The decision to not drive my accident-damaged car is mostly based on vanity issues. I don't want...
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by Justin McHenry on January 29, 2008
If you happened to catch the Today Show this morning you may have caught Dannielle Kyrillos of DailyCandy.com talking about various Internet sites where you can get free stuff. Now there are a million...
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by Justin McHenry on November 07, 2007
At left is a picture of my wife & I playing some silly shaving cream games while I shave and our personal photographer gets a shot of us. It would have been kind of sexy if not for the...
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This from financial columnist Jeff Brown: The electricity-saving experiment I described last month has worked, cutting my household bill about $50 the first month and $70 the second. As you may...
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Kara McGuire had a recent post about financial author/speaker Kevin McKinley's 50 ways to save $50, a list that apparently changes a bit depending on his audience. Using McGuire's list,...
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michelle Singletary gave out awards for the best penny pinchers this past Sunday, and there were some pretty good stories. Reusing swim diapers was a little gross, sitting through timeshare...
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As much as I love writing this blog, I often fantasize about leaving it and all work behind, preferably at a relatively young age. But what would I need in terms of net worth dollars in order to do...
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Like this fine lady to the left, we all want to be splashing around a pool in a funny hat when we retire. But the question of how to get there isn't always simple. For years now, a 401(k) has......
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Two-inspired money savers: As the post's title asserts, this was a Very Frugal Saturday: "...went to book store and with store credits, buy 2 get one sale, and an additional 15% off coupon,...
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Everyone's getting a little seasick with stock market gyrations and rising interest rates on their credit cards, home equity loans, maybe even your mortgage if you've got an adjustable rate...
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Congress thinks your piggy bank is lonely, so they're considering some forced savings, namely a 401(k) program that you opt out of instead of opt in. That means when you start a job, you'd...
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