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Posted about 3 hours ago
While running errands this afternoon, I stopped by the bank to deposit a check. All of the tellers were occupied with difficult clients. (I’m old-fashioned and go inside to make deposits for my business finances.) While I waited, I eavesdropped on the nearest conversation.
A woman was frustrated because she’d just opened a checking account a [...]
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Sharing Ideas on How to Spend Less, Save More, and Act Your Wage
Posted about 8 hours ago
The Painters are coming tomorrow to prime our ceilings and walls! Thank you Jesus!They are going to be here at 8:00 am and we've got to get this place ready for them. We are moving most of our stuff into the garage and then just covering up the larger pieces of furniture and electronics. I find it totally ironic that my husband insisted on having a cleaned out spotless garage and now I'm going to junk it up again!I've been very lax with housework this
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Frugality as a Conscious Way of Life.
Posted about 10 hours ago
I just love living in a town set in the middle of agricultural country! There is something about the sense of community and the pace of life that is just a bit more old fashioned here. I often comment to folks that I feel like I'm living in Mayberry-and it's a feeling I enjoy.One of the benefits of living in a small town in upstate New York is that many of the frugal things I do don't raise an eyebrow. Plenty of neighbors have a garden, hang their
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A blog on personal finance (banking, saving, budgeting and investing) and personal entrepreneurship.
Posted 2 days ago
…is the phenomenal New York Times article written about how a woman named Diane McLeod got into thousands of dollars of debt. It’s remarkable because it includes a rich set of multimedia features that let you understand how many of us get into so much debt — and also allow you to compare yourself to [...]
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Posted 2 months ago
Thanks to your input, I'm going to try and do a better job of outlining my shopping trips each week so you can see more what we're buying for $40 and hopefully be inspired in your own grocery savings.Since we already had most staple items and fruit and veggies both fresh and frozen leftover from the last two weeks' shopping trips, I mostly focused on getting a few items we needed this week (like meat, milk, and eggs) as well as stocking up on some of
