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February 2008

Dining Out On A Dime

February 29, 2008

Dining at restaurants can really take up a large chunk of your budget. In fact, the cost of a dinner for two at a nice restaurant can be so expensive that you might think that being fiscally responsible requires that you give up eating out altogether. How else can you stay within the [...]

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Usher Spring into Your Home Decorating

February 27, 2008

When spring approaches, you might make a few changes in your closet. Your long-sleeved sweaters are banished to the back of the closet while more lightweight shirts make their way to the front of the closet. Your chunky winter boots are replaced by fun sandals.
Why should the rest of your home [...]

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Bargain Hunting – Find A Great Price

February 25, 2008

Bargain hunters will find that February is the perfect time to satisfy their quest for a good buy on several different types of merchandise. New, incoming products and older, discontinued products serve to motivate stores to offer prices that make even large ticket items more affordable. The key to finding these bargains is [...]

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Use Leftovers to Slash Your Grocery Expenses

February 22, 2008

Grocery expenses can add up quickly, especially if you’re feeding a growing family. Although you want to save on food for you and your family, you don’t want to cut nutritional corners. So how do you prepare healthy meals and still keep your expenses under control?
If you plan ahead and incorporate [...]

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Be Entertained for Free

February 20, 2008

When you’re stretching your budget, either because you’re sacrificing to pay down your debt or because you simply don’t have enough money, entertainment gets pushed pretty far down the list of things you need. It’s probably the only category in your budget that you can realistically plan to reduce to nothing, because you don’t [...]

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Jump Start Your Savings with a Financial Fast

February 18, 2008

No matter what financial advisor you prefer, almost all of them agree on one thing. One of the first steps to a solid financial future is to have some savings. You already know that you can start a savings account with regular small deposits. These small deposits can quickly add up to [...]

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Living the Frugal Life When Your Friends Don’t

February 15, 2008

Once you’ve made the commitment to cut your expenses and live more frugally, you’ll probably find yourself facing temptation on a regular basis. As your friends who haven’t made the same financial resolutions as you have made continue to enjoy their less frugal lives, you will have to make a concerted effort to remain [...]

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Treat Yourself with a Savings Plan

February 13, 2008

When tightening the belt around your finances, many people start to feel that they will never get to splurge on something special again. Every penny counts when you’re trying to eliminate debt from your life. Does that mean, however, that you have to deny yourself any and all treats?
Of course it doesn’t mean [...]

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Household Budget – Give Your Budget Goals the Once Over

February 11, 2008

Odds are that you routinely re-evaluate the big choices that you make in your life all of the time. As you become more educated about the benefits of a healthy diet, you might make changes to the foods you eat. Completing a degree might make you reconsider your career choice. [...]

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Make 2008 Your Year for Personal Finance

February 9, 2008

If you’ve decided that 2008 is going to be the year that you get control of your finances, you may be feeling a little apprehensive. Saying that you’re going to straighten out your finances sounds great, but do you know how you’re going to accomplish this plan? Setting some smaller goals, or benchmarks, [...]

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