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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

Family Balance Sheet

How I’m managing our family budget during the Pandemic: We pay ourselves at the beginning of each month, so when this crisis started in mid-March, we were covered for the month. Budget items we are temporarily stopping for now: EVERYTHING ELSE! In January and February, my husband and I were contemplating replacing our 12.5

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Being Intentional With My Time, Finances, and Food – My Goals for 2012

Couponing 101

I shared on the Couponing 101 Facebook page recently that my word for 2012 is “intentional” Despite making lots of goals, I tend to struggle with controlling my day-to-day actions to reach my desired goals. Fast food is so convenient, and so tasty, but there really just isn’t room in our budget or diet for it.

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Christmas Savings Club | March Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

I'm still offering a FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget excel spreadsheet, click that link for more information. My husband and I started Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University last month, so we scrutinized our March budget more than ever before. Today is the third meeting, but anyone can join at any time. On with the meeting.

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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

Family Balance Sheet

For many households, their finances and budgets are in limbo. Our small business was going well, so we said so long to renting office space and purchased a commercial property in the summer of 2012. The numbers that looked great on paper in the summer of 2012 were, in reality, turning out to be very challenging in 2013.

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The Economics of Selecting Vacation Days

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Monday, February 20**. I’m blaming this primarily on budget. These are just a few ideas to think about while selection your vacation days during the 2012 year. Use Holidays Strategically. Here is a list of Federal Holidays. Use them to your advantage. Monday, January 2*. New Year’s Day. Monday, January 16. President’s Day.

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Atlanta Events-The Baby Shopaholic+Neiman Marcus Spring/Summer Preview Event

Fashion Without Guilt

Never have I shopped at Neiman’s but for someone that wants to get a little extra frisky with their budget. Twitter- FashionNOGuilt Related posts: Fashionable Atlanta-Atlanta Fashion Blogger Meetup H&M February Product Preview H&M 2011 March Product Preview. PLEASE VISIT CUSP.) Bloglovin- FashionWithoutGuilt ?

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Should You Invest In A Rising Market?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Ever since we stumbled past the Fiscal Cliff and the budget crisis, the stock market has been rising like a hot air balloon in an updraft (at least as of the time this post was written at the end of March 2013). I’ve heard predictions that the DOW industrial average will hit 30,000 in the next decade.

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