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How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

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Many years ago, our cash flow sucked, we put Christmas on a credit card, and I wasn’t sure how I was going to pay for a large tax bill. This could be your rent/mortgage, utilities, loan payments, anything that has a due date. Do you look at your bank account and wonder, “where did all the money go?”

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Carnival of Personal Finance #384 – Time for a Laugh Edition

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Nicole from Nicole and Maggie: Grumpy Rumblings Ask the grumpies: when to buy vs. rent. Glen from Credit Card Smarts shares how to Use a Credit Card to Build Your Credit History Fast. Specifically, how important emergency fund planning was for a couple with a veterinary emergency at their home.”