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The Tale of Two Friends

June 15, 2011
Rebecca Rebecca is an attorney.  She has thousands of dollars in student loan debt and has a bankruptcy under her belt.  She enjoys a nice living on a six figure salary.  When she moves into her new two flat apartment, she complains about it...
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Sunk Costs and My eBay Business

June 14, 2011 in Frugal Fails, wasting money
I had a free consultation with an accountant a few weeks ago to discuss my blogging and freelance writing gigs.  While there, I also discussed my eBay business, which I plan to close this year. After I had...
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What Motivates the Money Pushers

January 13, 2011 in home ownership, wasting money
If you have ever lost a significant amount of weight, you may know about the food pushers.  Those people who say, “You’re so thin; you have to eat!” or “Just try one bite of this.  One little...
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Frugal Creative Ways to Enjoy My Guilty Pleasure: Starbucks

November 16, 2010 in Budget, Dairy Free, freebies, saving, wasting money, works for me Wednesday
When my husband and I were first dating, we liked to spend Friday nights reading and doing work at a local bookstore.  My husband drank coffee, and...
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Are You Spending Too Much to Try To Save Money?

November 16, 2010 in Frugal Fails, Grocery Shopping, wasting money, Ways to Save
I cancelled my newspaper subscription a few weeks ago because I am trying to trim our expenses in preparation for the big income cut starting in January and because the only reason I got the paper was...
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What Financial Lies Are You Telling Yourself?

July 13, 2010 in on wanting, wasting money
Derrick has had a stressful day at work, and when he comes home he doesn’t feel like cooking. He tells himself that he “deserves” a night out at a restaurant. This is repeated at least...
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The Flip Side of Keeping Up with the Joneses

June 16, 2010 in retirement, Suze Orman, wasting money
We all know about keeping up with the Joneses and what havoc that can wreak on personal finance. When you try to keep up with the Jones’, you spend money you probably don’t have to get all...
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How Does Your Parent’s Financial Example Affect You?

May 17, 2010 in Budget, frugal activites, saving, wasting money
Within the last several weeks, two of the bloggers I read regularly have written posts about their parents and how little they learned about finances from them. Each of these bloggers basically said that they were lucky...
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How We Have Wasted Money Over the Years

March 8, 2010 in wasting money
I created this blog so that I can relearn how to be frugal. My husband and I were fairly good at frugality early in our marriage, but as my income increased and we became busier, we...
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