Category: Saving
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Avoid Money Mistakes
I just finished reading Nice Girls Don’t Get Rich by Lois Frankel, PhD. In it, she sites “75 Avoidable Mistakes Women Make with Money.” Really, anyone can commit these errors, however, she asserts that women are more at risk due to some of their common predispositions towards money.
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Recent Financial Experiences – New Places to Save
Since May we’ve made a couple of big purchases and taken a couple of trips for which we’ve found some groovy new ways to save. Singularly the savings were pretty impressive, but all together, I look like a budgeting superhero.
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5 Painful Ways to Save Money
It’s easy to start cutting back on those not-so-fun expenses like car insurance, your dental plan, and septic tank maintenance. Do you have what it takes to cut where it hurts (metaphorically speaking, of course)? Or are you just a sissy?
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Running on a Budget
A gym membership can get pricy, particularily if you’re not sure that you’ll use it enough to make it worth your while. Family-style programs are a little more cost effecient, but a single membership can sting you right in your budget.
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Unplug and Save
Recently, my husband and I bought our first home. Fortunatly for us, we were able to find exactly what we wanted: a house with character. Unfortunately, houses with character usually tend to be a little older, and such is the case with our house. Due to the fact that it’s a little older, our home…
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The Non-Sale Sale
It’s not a big conspiracy (or is it?), it’s marketing. The non-sale sale is no different than tailoring prices to end in $.99 or infomercials that offer “two easy payments.” Marketers understand the psychology of consumers and what “tricks” will lure them to spend more than they otherwise might.