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Amazon: Lego Batman 2 Nintendo Wii Game Only $12.99 (Reg. $20)!

Couponing 101

Right now Amazon has the Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes for Nintendo Wii on sale for only $12.99 (reg. Shipping is free with Amazon Prime or any order over $35. See more gift ideas here ! Amazon prices are subject to change without notice, so be sure to verify the final price at checkout.

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Who Took the Service Out of Full Service Brokerage?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My friend does and now she is sorry! Last January, one of my good friends made the decision to keep both her full service broker and open new accounts at Vanguard to hold her retirement funds. If you want to see the analysis she did to make that decision, read Deciding Where to Put Retirement Fund Distributions on Family Money Values.

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7 Steps To Homelessness And What To Do If You Get There

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

She (we will call her Susan, although that is not her name) started life as a member of an industrious lower middle class family – one sibling, two parents married to each other. She gave large gifts to close friends. Although friends tried to help by offering part time employment, she was unable to keep a paying job.

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Stay the Course Financially

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When the Great Recession began in 2008/2009, my boss at the time (a Vice President of the company) and her spouse consulted their financial adviser to see what they should do. They asked him what would likely cause us to come out of recession. During the long 7 years since the crisis, many people lost jobs and houses. The wealth effect.

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Meet a Reader | Kim from Iowa

The Frugal Girl

Today we’re meeting a Midwestern reader who only occasionally masquerades as Mrs. Potato Head. ? Tell us a little about yourself I’m a married mother of two teenage boys (18 and 16) who grew up in the country near a small town in Iowa. We rented the scaffolding for $50 from Menards so I could finish this massive painting project.

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Stocking the Gift Pantry with Uncommon Goods

Frugal Luxuries

In the interest of full disclosure, this is my very first sponsored post (although we''ve been approached numerous times since the 2008 creation of this blog). Luckily for him, but not so much for myself, it''s been earmarked as a holiday gift for a family friend. Why Uncommon Goods ? the offerings are varied and inspiring!

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