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Planning for Christmas 2011

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Since we use credit cards for almost all of our purchases, we are paying the bills now for our Christmas presents. As an experiment, I switched to cash in 3 categories : groceries, dining out and clothing on January 1st. Have you started to think about your Christmas spending for 2011? It is only 347 days away.

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Merry 6 Months Until Christmas! Start Planning Today.

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If your holiday planning went smoothly last year then you might not feel any urgency to think about Christmas 2011, but if you overspent, shopped at the last minute and paid the price well into spring then you might want to rethink this year's strategy. Did you pay cash or use a credit card to buy gifts?

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Spring Clean.Your Finances

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Welcome in the beauty of the season with 5 Steps to Spring Cleaning Your Finances Review your 2011 Financial Goals. Did you make some financial goals for 2011 back in January? If you didn't make any goals in January, take some time to plan for the balance of the year. When was the last time you reviewed them.

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Since there seems to be so much in the news lately about credit cards- the good ones, the bad ones, the ugly ones, the fee free ones, the reward ones, the secured ones, etc. I figured I would talk about credit cards as today’s theme. Funancials : Should I Cancel My Credit Card? Futures introduction.

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What are YOUR Financial Goals? | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

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Too often we only think about goals in January, but today we’re going to work on new financial goals. Or maybe you want to pay off (and cut up) your credit cards. Back in 2011, I made a goal to complete a half marathon by the end of that year. We altered his principles though to reflect our lifestyle.

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Shannon & Her Husband Paid off $22,000 in 9 Months

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I have been sharing my passion for simple living on GrowingSlower.com since 2011, and I now have added the Real Mom’s Guide series of books and courses to further encourage my readers! In January 2013 there was a blog post on Keeper of the Home that first awakened me to the concept of living debt free.

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Season Of Sharing Holiday Gift Guide and Giveaway – Day 4 – Gifts for Everyone, Including the Dog!

Nicoles Nickels

Since introducing the best-selling paper-thin Leaf Antenna in March 2011, Mohu has helped customers save more than $200 million by reducing or eliminating their monthly cable and satellite bills. Purchase Information: Lowes (additional retail availability coming in late December and early January). to $149.99.

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