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  • How to Make the Most of Daily Deal Websites

    I was, literally, mesmerized by the women featured on TLC's Extreme Couponing. Folks like me are mere mortals in their eyes. How in the world do you buy $2,000 worth of groceries for 100 bucks? Although most of us don't have the organization skills, shamelessness, or patience of gods, we can still ...

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  • 7 Things You Didn't Know Were Free at the Library

    The library isn't a brick and mortar version of Amazon filled with out-of-print books. And it doesn't exist for the sole purpose of housing the complete series of Lost. If you read any version of the countless, generic 99 Ways to Save articles, you'd think the library is some old throwaway. A ...

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  • Where to Buy Movie Tickets For Cheap Online

    Nothing's more timeless than griping about movie ticket prices, and for good reason. Where I live, an adult movie pass, generally, costs at least $11. After popcorn and drinks, a night at the movies is like $40 for two adults. That's cuhrazy! Fortunately, you don't have to pay full price at ...

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  • Seriously, You Really Do Have More Than You Think: How to Earn Extra Cash With Ordinary Stuff

    Do you remember that song by Poison Clan, Shake Whatcha Mama Gave Ya? In all of its ignorance, strangely, you can find money making wisdom buried in the lyrics. What I hear Poison Clan saying is "use what you got." You might not got a lot, but you got something. Now shake it ...

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  • 5 Time Management Tips for the Employed Entrepreneur

    I don't subscribe to the popular belief that time is money. Time is far more precious. Don't tell my Bible thumping friends I said this, but the older I get, the more I question whether another life exists beyond this one. I don't wanna hang my hopes on an uncertain afterlife. All ...

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Weekly Roundup: Debuting the “Tweet of the Week”

November 14, 2009

I really hate to say this, but, sometimes, Google sucks. As far as search engines go, they’re the best we got. But still, they suck….sometimes. In my experience, the most useful sites were introduced to me by way of a blog post, magazine article, news program, podcast, or word of mouth. The point I’m trying [...]

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The Only Thing My Mama Needed to Teach Me About Money

November 12, 2009

Why is it so hard to grasp the concept of scarcity? Didn’t we learn that stuff in grade school? Although I believe it’s important to minimize the negative impact we have on the planet, that’s not what I’m getting at. Even if you don’t care about responsibly managing the earth’s resources, you should concern yourself [...]

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Lean Financial Living

November 10, 2009

It was the lure of  The $10 Phone Bill featured on the November 16, 2009 cover of Forbes that enticed me to open the magazine. The article spanned a total of 11 pages. Interspersed within were advertisements and photographs. All sorts of wasted space. My limited attention span couldn’t suffer all the extra information. For now, I’ll [...]

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Are You Generous or Spineless?

November 9, 2009

The likelihood of us becoming close friends is inversely related to your propensity to hassle me. Words generally used to describe me are “smart,” “sarcastic,” and just plain ol’ “awesome.” Over the years, I’ve managed to escape labels such as “generous” or “giving.” Why? Again, because I don’t want to be hassled. You need a [...]

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Eats for the Week: 11/8/09

November 8, 2009

As you can see, last week was very productive. The chicken posole was the only dish from my previous menu plan I didn’t prepare. While at the supermarket today, I happened upon hominy – the lone ingredient from the recipe that I didn’t have on hand. Before, I decided to spare myself the time and [...]

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Cinco de Weeko

November 7, 2009

Aah. What a week. I’ve been looking forward to writing this roundup all day. Although not totally related to personal finance, I recently discovered two great resources. They’ve made it so much easier for me to consume all the interesting information I come across. First up is Snackr. It’s completely revolutionized how I organize my [...]

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Wealth Relativity

November 3, 2009

About a week or so ago, I was talking to a friend about Christian leadership. There’s a particular area in her life where she’s struggled tremendously. She’s been challenged spiritually, physically, mentally and financially. It’s been my experience that such battles will either bring you closer to God or leave you questioning whether he even [...]

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Back to the Basics of Budgeting: November 2009

November 2, 2009

Unlike a distant retirement, world travel is actually something to get excited about. If I want to begin the realization of this dream in the near future, I’d better get a bit more serious. Lately, I’ve viewed my budget more as a way to track past expenses than as a tool to plan future spending. [...]

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Eats for the Week: 11/1/2009

November 1, 2009

For a while, I thought menu planning was something only women with children did. Why would a young, sexy, and single urbanite like myself even consider such a thing? (I’m joking; twenty-eight isn’t that young.) As it turns out, menu planning is a great way to save money. The weight loss that usually results is [...]

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