Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 1, 2013

A financial advisor told me recently that the thing that really made him upset was that nearly every new client he spoke to was making the same disastrous personal finance mistakes. When I asked what the most common mistakes were, his answer didn’t surprise me. Why? Because I had been guilty of many of them myself, not that long ago. We don’t intentionally make mistakes but sometimes we cannot see any way out of our current position.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Goal setting seems to be one of the Things That We Do in our society. Reaching for goals can be a good thing. It’s good to have something worthwhile to work for. Unfortunately, setting goals effectively can trip you up. Whether you are setting goals for the new year, or whether you just want to continue to improve yourself, here are 6 tips for setting better goals: Choose Something That Matters.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 30, 2012

If you like saving money, haggling for a better price should become a habit for you, a habit that can easily save you thousands of dollars over the next 10 years. I personally became a haggler 10 years ago when my first child was born. With the added expenses involved with raising a child, I was forced to find ways to make my paycheck go as far as possible every month.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 2, 2013

Why do people feel free to throw their trash in my front yard?! At what cost are they ‘cleaning’ out their cars and throwing their trash out the car window? I just picked up an open, empty beer can from the easement along our road. Really? Someone was driving down the road drinking that beer? AND they felt free to throw it in my yard. By what right?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 3, 2013

Happy 2013 everyone!! I hope the first week of the new year has gone ok. I have restarted my link love posts that I used to do in effort to share some of the great reads around the web. I will post one each Friday. Below is what caught my eye this week? What caught yours? This weekend my hubby and are heading to the new James Bond movie for date night (I got a Groupon) tonight and tomorrow a couple friends are coming over for dinner (Mexican night) and some games.

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