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Your mother told you to share … so tell me about your most recent debt success or failure! A stupid purchase or a particularly savvy financial moment?
The Debt March – Personal Finance
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Wall Street Journal – Personal Finance
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Yahoo – Personal Finance
- Will 2012 be the year of the Duck? May 29, 2012Yahoo's Jeff Greenfield says Romney’s Daffy Duck rigidness may trump Obama’s laid-back Bugs Bunny.
- Taliban blamed for 'poison attack' on Afghan schoolgirls May 29, 2012Police in northern Afghanistan say 160 schoolgirls were admitted to a local hospital after they were thought to be poisoned by the Taliban. It's the third such poisoning of Afghan schoolgirls in less than two weeks. The girls "complained of headaches, dizziness and vomiting before being taken to the hospital," Hafizullah Safi, director of the […]
Alright … I’ll start off.
I quit going out to lunch every day at work. Typically this would run between $8-$11 a lunch (I know …. what am eating?) and who knows how much at the end of a month.
Now, I drive home for lunch, let the puppies out and have a PBJ sandwich or leftovers.
Don’t know the total savings yet … but it’ll be enough to be noticeable. And the big perk (aside from probably eating healthier) … those funds will be redirected to credit card debt!
I’m putting my beloved tenor saxophone on eBay along with a few other accessories. While I’m keeping the alto saxophone my grandmother purchased me years ago, I’m hoping the eBay sale will translate into a couple thousand dollars.
If so, it’ll go to my Dave Ramsey Baby Steps 1 and 2.
Anybody else rely on selling a valued position in an effort to straighten out your finances? What was it? Was it worth it?
I started making a grocery list when I went shopping!
Sounds easy right? But how many of us just show up at the grocerty store and walk up and down each aisle, wondering somewhat aimlessly? I know this was my standard approach to grocery shopping and before you know it I’d end up at the checkout counter, mouth open and gasping, wondering how the hell a ‘quick trip’ to the grocery store ended up costing me over $100 (mind you I’m shopping for one).
So make a list! It will have multiple benefits for you – 1) you’ll probably get in and out of the store quicker, 2) you’ll save money because you won’t be impulse grocery shopping and 3) you’ll probably eat healthier.
Give it a try next time you go grocery shopping … I bet you’ll be suprised.